HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Registration Procedures Relative to Transient Merchants ORDINANCE NO. 2979
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY REPEALING SUBSECTIONS 17.26(11)
AND 17.26(12) THEREOF AND ENACTING NEW SUBSECTIONS
17.26(11) AND 17.26(12) FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES RELATIVE TO TRANSIENT
MERCHANTS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF
SUCH CONFLICT; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED, by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the city of Ames, Iowa shall be
and is hereby amended by repealing subsections 17.26(11) and 17.26(12)
and enacting new subsections 17.26 (11) and 17.26(12) as follows:
"(11) No person shall engage in the activities described
in subsection (1) above between the time of sunset and
sunrise.
(12) Persons obtaining the registration badge pursuant to this
section shall pay such fee as the Ames City Council shall
set, from time to time, to cover costs of administration
and enforcement of the provisions of this section. When
three (3) or more businesses intending activity described
in subsection 2 (Transient Merchants) are brought
together at one place under the auspices of a non-selling
organization that performs the required registration
tasks for each of the persons to be so engaged, and
brings that completed material to the City Clerk in
advance of the selling event, only a single registration
fee shall be charged, and photographs shall not be
required. When persons as aforesaid come together at
one place under the auspices of an organization exempted
by subsection 8, no registration or fee shall be re-
quired."
Section Two. Any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its publication as required by law.
Adopted this 30th day of _ June 1g87
Nancy ibb s, City Clerk F. Paul Goodland, Mayor