HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd.3932.06-16-2008 BILL NO. 08-81 ORDINANCE NO. 3q59
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15-16 OF THE
CITY CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITING SELLING OR
SOLICITING ON PUBLIC STREETS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY,
INTERSECTIONS, MEDIANS OR SIDEWALKS, IN THE
CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE
GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1 . Section 15-16, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, relating to "Peddlers,
merchants or other persons prohibited from selling or soliciting
contributions on streets, intersections, sidewalks;
restrictions; exceptions" reading as follows :
Section 15-16 . Peddlers, merchants or other
persons prohibited from selling or
soliciting contributions on
streets, intersections, sidewalks;
restrictions; exceptions .
No peddler, huckster, hawker, solicitor, vendor,
merchant, or any person soliciting contributions shall
conduct that activity in the public streets,
intersections, medians or sidewalks, nor shall such
person have a stationary location or operate in any
congested area where his operations might impede or
inconvenience the public . This section shall not apply
to the commercial selling of newspapers on sidewalks .
is hereby repealed in its entirety, and a new Section 15-16,
relating to "Peddlers, merchants or other persons prohibited
from selling or soliciting contributions on streets,
intersections, sidewalks; restrictions; exceptions" , is hereby
enacted in lieu, in words and figures, to read as follows :
Section 15-16 . Peddlers, merchants or other
persons prohibited from selling or
soliciting contributions on
streets, intersections, sidewalks;
restrictions; exceptions .
No peddler, huckster, hawker, solicitor, vendor,
merchant, or any person soliciting contributions or
displaying any commercial advertising sign shall
conduct that activity in the public streets, rights-
of-way, intersections, medians or sidewalks, nor shall
such person have a stationary location or operate in
any congested area where his operations might impede
or inconvenience the public . This section shall not
apply to the commercial selling of newspapers on
sidewalks .
ARTICLE 3 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions hereof .
ARTICLE 4 . This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval .
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of
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0 Jay Knudtson, Mayor
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Gayle L. Corad, City Clerk
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