HomeMy WebLinkAbout0765 AN ORDINANCE relating to the use a~'~d occupation of Market Places in the City
o£ Bremerton, prescribing rules and regulations for ~hs conduc~ ~hereof, providing
penalties for violation, and declaring aa emergency.
See. 1. The word "person" wherever used in ~;:is ordinance shall, w~en necessary,
b~ held ~d tonsured to mean ~ud i~ciude ~aturat .p~sons 1) f either s~x, assooiation~
and co-partnerships, whether ao'.~ing by ~he:nsslves or by a servant or employe; the
singular s~all include the plural a~.d the :~asculine the ffemir~ine.
Sec. ~. It shall be unlav~ful for any person to place, set up, kee? or mai~tain
any boo,h, stand, table, b~x, board shelf, oar, wagon, cart or other object
~ehicle for the purpose of sellinf~, cz~ 3ffez~i~. fo-z' sale therefrom any article or
~hing in ~y s~reet, avenue, alley or ~ublic ]jlaoe excep~ such po~'tio~soff streets,
avenues, alleys,.or public places as shall hve been or ~y ~ezea.f~er ..... be desif~mated
by ac~i.~n off the City Oo~nission as i~[arket places,,a~fl it shall be unlawful for any
by the Oity Commission ~y article or thing except fresh frui~, vegetables, berries,
~d o~her far~n and garden ~able producte~, and excerpt also butter, eg~;s, cheese,
poultry, mea~s, ~rd, preserved fruits and vegetables, flower~:., bulos, pla-~ts.
rabbits ~d other far:i a~d garden ~ oducts raised, Loz'oduced or manufactured by the
perso~ ssllin~ or offering; the sa~e flor sale ezce~ as herein oth~-;rwise orovided
The word "manufactured" as used in ~his ordinance shalloe~ held to ap~oly ~
products or combination of .~roduc~s the ?ri~'mipal in~rsdie~t~ of v~.,ich have
actuary grown or. produced by the :~erso~ selli~.~ or offerin~ fo~' sale the
Sec, 3. Whenever th~ Oity Com~sion shall desig~te and establish any
of a s~ree~, ~ley, avenue or public place in the city as a marke~ place, it shall
be the du~y of ~he ~uperi,~tendeat of o~reet~ ~o cause the boundary of such ~rket
place ~o be marked upon the grom~d and to divide such market place in~o stands not
less th~ four [4) fee~ nor more taan six [6) feet wide alon~j. ~he. c~-bline or side-
walk of such street, argue, alley or public place, and to cause such stands to be
numbered and the numbers ~d boundaries ~he~-off to b~- plaiuly marked upon the curb,
sidewalk or street.
~o person shal% Oe pe~n~i~ted to ~lock any s~reet or alley abutting on a market
place wi~h cars, wa~ons, teams, b~xes or debris of any ki~ or character whatsoever.
Sec. 4. I~ sh~l be unlawful ~or a.ay person ~o sell or offer for sale any
ar.~iole or ~hing in any oublio market place o~her than such articles or thim~'s as
are ac~.ually grown or produced by such person;'Provided, that ~he City Commission
may ~lot and set aside such additional space adjaoen~ or ~oximal ~o such. market
place for ~he use of ~hose not producing or :n~ufaoturing the articles or
sold or offered flor sale by them, but in no case s~all the rental flor suc~ space be
less ~han Five [$~) ~ollars ?er front, foot per month,
Sec. 5. It' mhall be m~lawful for any person to scl% or offer for sale any of the
articles or thins pe~nitted to be sold in ~y ~rket place on the firs~ day off the
week, eo~nonly called Sunday, or on any other day off the week except between the
ho~s of Five [5) o'clock in the fore~loon and eleven [11) o'clock in the aff~ernoon.
Sec. 6. I~ shall be u~wf'ul for ~y person to fail ~o vacate ~h.e stand assiMned
~0 him upon the disposition off his goods, or when ordered so to do by a policeman,
Marke~ Inspector or other duly m~thorized officer o~' the Oity having 9barge off such
marke t.
Sec. 7. Every~ person selling or offferRng for sale articles or thin~s in any
market 91ace shall have a receptacle in which he shall deposit all ~rimmings
waste ~mt~er of eve~'y kited, ~d it shall be unlawful for ~y person to throw,
deposit or leave ~y waste ~tter upon ~y street or sidewalk of such market place.
Sec. 8. I~ sh~l be ualaw~l for any person to ~mke any pu~blio outcry or
do 'hawkin_~' or "speiling", cz' ~o ~ive ~y musical or o~her entertainment foz- the
~purpose of drawing custom or to attract attention in ~y ~rke~ place.
Sec. 9. I~ sh~ll be unlaw~l ~or any perso~l to sell or offer for sale any
article or thing purchased from ano~er either for cas~ or for sale on co~mnission,
except as hereinbefore provided~ and no vendor of mea~s shall sell the mea~
any fowl or animal unless the same has been conti~u~ly fed or kept on the farm or
place of said ve2dor foz' the followings..periods: beef, ninety (90) days; pork, mutton,
~urkey, sixty ~60) days; sucklin:~, pigs, veal, l~nb, chicke~'~s, du.o~s, geese, rabbits,
~hirty [o0) days.
See. 10. It shall be u~':~lawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any
article or thi~'~ on any market place except from a 'booth, table or stall, and
then .only from such bosch, table or stall as may have been assigned to such
person by the person havin~ such ~rke~ in charge from time ~o ~ime in such
~:~er as s~ll accord to each person eflual opporfi~i~ies End privileges for
sale. No person shall be ~lowed more than one booth or stall or sell ~hru
more than one e~ploy~e excep~ wi~ the consent ~d agproval of the person
having charge cz suen :~rk~t.
~e~. !1. A ~harge of ~wenty-five [25) cents per day shall be ~id for ~aoh
day's: occupancy of ~V stall, ~able or hooch for the purpose of defraying a
portion of the cost a~d expense to the ~ifiy of ~naint~ini~' such mar~et place.
The charge herein provided shall be paid to the person having charge off
such marke ~ afl ~he time such b~o~h, table or stall is assigned, a~ all moneys
so paid shall be paid over to the City Treasurer.
Sec. 12. Vendors shall be permitted $o place signs over their booths,
~ables or stalls, with the ~:~ame sr ~rader~mrk thex'eof, the prgpr~e.t~ and charac-
ter of which~ shall~ be governer by the judgmen~ of ~he person having
charge of such ~rket ~place.
Sec. l~. In addition to the penalties hereinafter provided for the viola-
tions of the provisions he~eof~ any vendor m~y be subjected to permanent .or tem-
porary expulsion from the use of any ~rket place, for selling .or offering for
sale any article or thing not grawn or produced by him as required by this
ordinance, an:~ the pe~'son having charge off suc~h ~arket, if he believes any
person is selling or offfering for sale any ~ticle or thin~ not grown or ~ro-
duced by him as required by ~his ordinance, may require such oerson ~o make
affidavit before s~ne officer authorized to administer oaths that such ~ rson
~s ao~lly grawn or ~roduced ~he articles or ~hings in question, and if such
person fails, neglects or ~fusss ~o make such affidavit, such reffusa% shall
be conclusive evidences of ~he violation complained of, a~'~d ~hereu-~on such
person may be either suspended or per~mnen~ly expelled from She use of such
market by the ps~son havi~g such market in charge.
Sec. 14. ~y pers ~n violating ~y of the orovisio~ of this ordinance
shall be deemed ~il~y o-f a misdeme~or afJ upon conviction shall be fi~ed
in any sum no~ sxceedi~ One Hundre~{~lO0) ~ollars, or ~ay be im~.~risoned in the
ci~y jail for a ~erm not exceeding ~hirty (30.).days, or may Oe both fined ~nd
impris one d.
Sea 15 ~ emerc, enoy exists a:~ this ordina~me is neces~ary for the pres-
erva~ion of the health, saffety, peace a~'~ ~:.:.o, ood order of t[~e city and the inhab-
itants thereof a~d shall t~e efffect i:mnediately upon i~s passage a~d public~ation
as provided by taw.
,Passed by the ~i~y Co~uission a~z[~ signed by the ~'~ayor ~d attested by the
Ci~y Clerk- in aut;,entica~ion.~ ~.t' such ~assa~e. ~. ~his 27th da~, oS, ,~eo~embe~~~ , t9~2.
Published in t]ewB-~earchlis'ht 9-~0-~.2.