City Council Ordinance 194ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 194
THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO HEREBY ORDAINS THAT SECTIONS 3-10-2,
3-10-31 AND 3-10-4 OF THE CITY ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO TRANSIENT
MERCHANTS BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
3-10-2: PERMIT REQUIRED:
ADD: (C) PERMISSION OF PROPERTY OWNER REQUIRED
1. No transient merchant shall sell or offer for
sale any goods, wares, or merchandise within
the city from a stationary location or public
or private property without first obtaining
the written consent of the property owner or
occupant.
2. No transient merchant license shall be issued
for sales from any location which does not
have sufficient parking for customers and for
areas where customer parking would interfere
with normal traffic flow.
3. Only one (1) transient merchant license shall
be issued per location (property owner) at any
given time.
AMEND THE FOLLOWING:
3-10-3: EXEMPTIONS: This chapter does not apply to the
following:
(A) Vendors of milk, groceries, bakery products, or other
perishable commodities; or vendors of soft water service or laundry
and dry cleaning pickup and delivery who make an uninvited call
upon the occupant of a residence as a preliminary step to the
establishment of a regular route service for the sale and delivery
of such commodities or the providing of such services to regular
customers; or for the sale of goods, merchandise, or services to
business, commercial, or industrial users at their place of
business.
(B) Sidewalk sales authorized by the City Council.
(C) Garage sales or rummage sales when conducted in or by a non-
profit institution or when conducted upon the premises of an owner
of the articles being offered for sale provided that such sales do
not last longer than 72 hours and provided that no more than three
(3) sales be conducted at any given location within one year.
(D) Any bona fide auction sale by a city resident.
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(E) Any sale under court order.
(F) The sale of regularly published newspapers.
(G) The sale of goods or merchandise on behalf of bona fide
charitable, religious, civic, education, or political organization
subject to provisions of 3-10-2(C) and 3-10-5.
(H) Sale of farm or garden fruits and vegetables from July 15
through October 15 subject to the provisions of 3-10-2(C) and the
daily permit fees established by Council.
3-10-4: APPLICATION: Applicants for a permit under this
ordinance shall file with the City Clerk a sworn
application in writing on a form to be furnished by the City Clerk.
The application shall give the following information:
(I) At the time of filing the application, a fee of $3.50 shall be
paid to the City Clerk to cover the cost of investigation of the
facts stated therein, plus a fee schedule adopted by the City
Council.
Adopted by the City Council this 13th day of August, 19 0.
Mayo
City Admis��tr� ator
Published in the Monticello Times on 8/23/90.