HomeMy WebLinkAbout2044 ORDINANCE NO. 2044
A~I 0~{D]NANCE regulating pedalling and amending Ordinance No. 166~.
'['HE CITY OF BRE~ERTON tJ0ES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1662 be, and 1]ereby is
me~r~ed to read as follows:
Section !. P~DI~LERS DEFINED: any person, either as principal
or ager~t, who csrrles goods, wares or merchandise, articles,
things or personal pro[)erty of whatever name or r~ature or des-
cr~iption, from house to house, place to place, or upon any
street, highway or ~blic place within the City of Bremepton,
for sale, is hereby defined to be a peddler within tho meaning
of this ordinance; any person who goes from house to ho~se, (~*~1.]~.
ing place to dwelling place, or upon any pub!lc street,
or publ~.c place within the City of Bremerton, sollciting or tak-
ing or(lers for the ~urchase or sale of goods, wares or merchandise,
articles, things or personal property of whatsoex'er name, nature
or description to 0e delivered ]n the future, is also hereby do-
f.lnect to be a peddler within the meaning of this ordir~ar~ce. Pro-
vided, however, that any farmer, gardner et~ other persoB sel!~ng,
delivering or peddling fruits, vegetables, belfries, ~tter, eggs,
fish,' milk, poultry, neats, farm proctuce or edibles, raisod,
caught, produced, prepared or manufactured ¢ersonally by
individual shall not ~ considered a peddler within, the ~eanir~5
of t~lis ordinance.
Section 2. That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1662 be, and [~ereby is a-
mended to read as follows:
Section 4. LICENSE FEES: (1) Vending from mobile unit,
per month. (2) Peddler's license, :~[~.00 per day; .;¢Y.O0 [~er weol~;
~7.50 per month; ~15.00 per year.
Each of said licenses shall be effective f~m date of
~ss~ance for the period granted amd the a~mua] license shall
expire on June 30th of each year and there shall be no pro-
rating of any license fee provide5 for hereto for s port,.on
of a day, week, month or year. Each person, firm or corpor~-
tion desir~n~'~ to engag[e tn peidling in the City of Bremerto~
shall f~le on a form provide~ by his office and shall deposit
with the City Treasurer at the time of making the app]Icatlon
for such license an amount in accordance with the rates set out
herein which shall ~ held b[~ the City Treas~rer ~n trust
pending the issuance of such license. The City Clerk shall
immediately present such application to the Chief of Po]ice
or his designated representative in the Police ~)epartment who
s~all investigate all matters relatin?'~ to the application,
~nclu~ting t?~e moral character and record of the applicant,
the proposed method of operation, the value an~ qua].ity of
the merchandise ta~, be sold and ~e shall particularly ~tetermine
whether the ~:rantt~g o[~ such license will be ~n the interest
of or will be against the interest of the p~blic peace, health
and safety. No such l~cense shall be issued until the day
fei. lowing: the date of application therefor to permit the Chief
of Police sufficient time to make and complete his investiga-
tion. In the event that the Chief of Police shall a~?rove the
application he shall endorse his approval thereo~ in writing
and the City Clerk shall iss~e the license but shoul~ the Chief
of Police disapprove the granting of the license, his dlsap?rov-
al in writing shall be endorsed upon the ap?lication and the
Citer Tree, surer upon demand shall refund the fee ~epositeU by
the applicant; pz'ovide~, however, that In the case of ~Isapprov-
al, the applicant may in writing apply for a hearing before the
City Council and after such hearing may grant or refuse to grant
t[~e license.
A[-~PROVED on first reading this 16th day of September, 1953
PESSED on second reaSing by the City Council of the City' of Bre~erton,
signeU by the R~ayor and attested by the City Clerk in authenticatio~ of such
psssa.~'~e this 23rd day of September, ]953.
ATT~.~T: S.W. YOWELL~ ~-~ayor
E.~r.T. blcG0~AN, ~i~y ClerM