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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1188 ORDINANCE NO. 1188 AN ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO NEW SECTIONS 6425.7, 6425.8 AND 6425.9, DECLARING THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY OF THE PEOPLE OF SAID CITY, PROHIBITING THE SOLICITING OF ORDERS, PEDDLING, HAWKING, VENDING AND SALE OF SERVICES, GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISE FROM DOOR TO DOOR IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA WITHOUT THE INVITATION, CONSENT OR REQUEST OF THE HOMEOWNERS OR TENANTS IN POSSESSION, AND' EXEMPTING THEREFROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto new Sections 6425.7, 6425.8 and 6425.9, the same to read respectively as follows: 6425.7. LEGISLATIVE POLICY. That the practice of going in and upon private residences in the City of Arcadia, California, by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants, salesmen and transient vendors of merchandise, not having been requested or , invited so to do by the owner or owners thereof, by the .occupant or occupants of said private residence, or by the person or persons in lawful possession thereof, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of services, goods, wares and merchandise, or vending, ped- dling or hawking the same, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and punishable as such nuisance as a misdemeanor. 6425.8. PROHIBITED ACTIVITES. No solicitor, peddler, hawker, itinerant merchant, transient vendor of merchandise, sales- man or other person shall go in or upon any private residence in the City for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of services, goods, wares or merchandise, 'or vending, peddling or hawking the same, unless such person shall have first been requested or invited so to do by the owner, occupant or person in lawful possession of such private residence. 6425.9. SAME. EXCEPTION. The provisions of Sections 6425.7 and 6425.8 shall not apply to the activities of any Charity, as defined by Section 6611.2, conducted in compliance with Chapter 6 of this Article. -1- 1188 SECTION 2. The City Manager, The Chief of Police and officers of the Police Department of the City of Arcadia are her~by required and directed to suppress the same, and to abate any such nuisance as is described in Section 1 of this Ordinance. SECTION 3. Any person perpetrating a nuisance as descri- bed in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by impri- sonment in the City Jail of the said City of Arcadia or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 4. The within ordinance shall not become effect- ive until it 1s favorably voted upon at a special City election called for such purpose; if a majority of the voters voting on this Ordinance vote in its favor, this Ordinance shall go into effect 10 days after the date that the vote is declared by the legislative body of the City of Arcadia. SECTION 5. This ordinance may be amended or repealed by a vote of the people or by the affirmative vote of four members of the Arcadia City Council. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Arcadia, and thirty (30) days from and after the final passage thereof, said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. -2- 1188 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Co~ncil of the City of Arcadia, held on the 4th day of September , 1962, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Phillips, Reibold, and But~erworth NOES: Councilman Turner ABSENT: Councilman Balser ~~~~ City Clerk of the City of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED this 4th day of september J 1962. ~ jP~~LL- ayor 0 he C'i 0 rcad a ATTEST: -- .- -"\ .:-:;...., , .\ ~~'" -- \, .... -/ ~ .'~ _ "r..;.,J~' ,': ,'..~ ~'< !~~/~({0(J Clerk, --" . ~.. --{ ..-.);;-" ~. / .... - " ,4- City (SEAL) - '" ,~4 , ~ -3- 1188