Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-09-26
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ORDINANCE NO aaa

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
have made use of the pretense of
distributing, selling or soliciting
from door to door in various COM
munities for the purpose of plan
ming the commission of burglary,
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
ana comfort or the occupants of
Be it 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,
or authorized by a store or busi-
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
soliciting or retail sales or sub
scrlptlons, or any other activity
relative to or connected with re-
| tan sales or sales promotion from
door 10 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
n l..
,, operate or engage in peddling, nor
shall any other person engage in
bedding within the limits of the
City of Port Clinton, Ohio, with
out having first obtained a ped
dler's license or permit, issued by
Auditor of said city, and having
the same on his or her person.
Any person operating as ped
dler or peddling in the city of
Port Clinton. Ohio, shall conduct
himself In a proper manner, obey
az laws and ordinances of this
citv and state.
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 / 1-2 X
forms as he may prescribe, pro-
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
lice department, that the appli-
can't 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
NJ n yx0 ,1nf r,,1Y
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 pro-rating of fee for
any portion of said year which is
license shall be revocable and shall
state upon it's face that it is re-
vocable, upon finding, after intc,
tigation by the police department.
that the rights thereby granted
n have the 0een eensee aessea sy sr ob
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
hall charge and receive for issu-
ing each license a fee of 50. Such
,ees shall be paid into the general
'und of the city and first applied
o costs of regulation and licens-
ing under this ordinance.
SECTION 1.-THE provisions of
section hereof. shall not apply in
any case wherein the applicant is
a disabled veteran of military ser
ice In any such case the total
fee charged for each license or
permit shall be one dollar.
SECTION Amy person viol t
ing any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction of
a 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-
~ and set forth in Section 4. here
Improved. Sept. %, 1852.
Harold Nielsen, President of
Council.
Attest, Fred Nobis, Clerk.
Approved: Sent. 23. 1852.
Carl Becker, Mayor.
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