Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-03
ORDINANCE M ooa

Regulating Peddling, Soliciting
and Sales, other Than in and for
Established Places of Business, in
the City of Port Clinton, Ohio. and
Providing Penalties.
whereas, unScrupuIOuS persons
nave made use of the, pretense OF
distributing, selling or soliciting
from door to door in various COM
nunities for the purpose of plan
nlng the commission of burglary,
inert and other crimes, for the
purpose of assisting the Police De-
partment of this city and for the
purpose of protecting the citizens
OF this city against crime and pre-
serving the private property. peace
and comfort of the occupants of
private residence in this city:
Be 1t ordained by the Council of
the City of Port Clinton. Ohio:
SECTION 1-As used in this, or
dinance. peddler shall be defined
and interpreted as any person over
sixteen years of age, partnership,
Ilrm or corporation. not employed
or authorized by a store or bust
ness establishment permanently To-
Gated within the limits of the, city
OF Port Clinton, Ohio, for at least
SIX months who engages in retail
selling. distribution of samples or
items Tor retail sales promotion,
soliciting or retail sales or sub
scriptions, or any other activity
relative to or connected with re-
tail sales or sales promotion from
door to door or on the streets in
the residential districts of said
peddling, as used In this ordinance.
shall be defined and interpreted to
mean the engaging in any one or
more of said occupations or pur-
suits.
SECTION 2-No peddler.. as
defined in Section hereof, shall
operate or engage in peddling, nor
shall any other person engage in
peddling within the limits of the
City of Port Clinton, Ohio, with
out having first obtained a ped
dler's license or permit, issued by
ana over the signature of the City
Auditor of said city. and having
Any person operating as a ped
dler or peddling in the city of
Port Clinton. Ohio, shall conduct
himself in proper manner. obey
al laws and ordinances of this
SECTION 3-The City Auditor of
Port Clinton, Ohio, is hereby auth
orized and empowered to issue such
licenses or permits, upon applica-
tion in writing and two l 1-2 X
! IL inch photos on such form or
vided. that no license shall be is
sued to any person or peddler un-
less and until the City Auditor is
satisfied, through references. rec
concentrations or other wise, in
Guiding approval by the. city po
lice. department, that the appli-
cant is of good character and that
the items, service or other thing
to be offered for sale is bona fide
and genuine and not a scheme or
inferior product. the purchasers of
which would not receive full value
for the price invested
SECTION 4-Said license or per-
NIT shall be for the calendar year
in which it is issued without any
deduction or rating of fee for
any portion of said year which is
past at the time of issuance. Said
license shall be revocable and shall
state upon it's face that it is re-
vocable. upon finding. after inso,
tigation by the police department,
that the rights thereby granted
have been abused by misconduct
good cause. Such revocation shall
be without refund and in such case
no further license shall be issued
the licensee during the balance of
the calendar year.
SECTION 5-The City Auditor
ing each license a fee of So. Such
fees shall be paid into the general
fund of the city and first applied
to costs of regulation and licens-
ing under this ordinance
SECTION 6-Thes provisions of
Section hereof shall not apply in
any case wherein the applicant is
a disabled veteran of military SER
vice. In any such case the total
fee charged for each license or
permit shall be one dollar.
SECTION Amy person viol It
ing any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction of
first offense be fined not less
than Three Dollars or more than
Ten Dollars: for a second or sub
sequent offense, not less than ten
nor more than twenty five dollars,
plus costs of prosecution, and in
addition, any license heretofore
issued to such person shall be re-
voked without refund as provid-.
ed and set forth in Section 4. here
Approved: Sept. %, 1852.
Harold Nielsen, President OF
Council.
Approved: Sept. %. 1852.
Carl Becker. Mayor.