Ord 1992 7/23/1962 ORDINANCE NO. 1992
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, HAWKERS, ITINERANT
MERCHANTS OR TRANSIENT VENDORS OF MERCHANDISE WHO GO IN OR UPON PRI-
VATE RESIDENCES WITHIN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, WITHOUT
HAVING BEEN REQUESTED OR INVITED TO DO SO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICIT-
ING ORDERS OR THE SALE OF GOODS OR MERCHANDISE; PROVIDING FOR A
PERMIT AND LICENSE FEE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF W tCHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any solicitor,
peddler, hawker, itinerant merchant or transient vendor of merchandise
to go in and upon private residences in the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, without having been requested or invited so to do by the owner
or owners, occupant or occupants of said private residence for the
purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchan-
dise, or for the selling, peddling or hawking the same, without
first securing a permit from the City Clerk as herein provided.
SECTION '2. Any person, firm or corporation, desiring to engage
in the business of going in and upon private residences in the City
of Wichita Falls for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale
of goods , wares or merchandise , or of selling, hawking or peddling
the same, shall make an application for a permit to the City Clerk,
who shall, if same is in proper form, refer such application to the
Advisory Committee provided for in Section 6-1203 of the Codification
of Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls . The Committee shall
investigate said applicants and report their findings and recommenda-
tions to the City Clerk as soon as is reasonably possible. The City
Clerk shall then either grant or refuse such permit , as recommended
by the Advisory Committee.
SECTION 3. Such permit shall be dated and signed by the City
Clerk, and issued upon the payment of the fee herein required, and
shall specify the term of such permit, not to exceed one year after
date of issuance . Each person engaging in the business covered by
this ordinance shall be required to have a permit, which he shall
carry with him and display upon request. The fee for such permit
shall be as follows : For permits with a term from one day to six
months, $1.00 per day; for permits with a term from six months to
one year, the fee shall be $50.00 plus one dollar for each day over
six months; for permits with a term of one year, the fee shall be
$100,00.
SECTION 4. If, upon receipt of written information or upon
his own investigation, the City Clerk finds that the holder of any
permit has made untrue statements in his application, or that he
is conducting his business in such a way as to be inimical to the
protection of the health, life and property of the citizens of the
City of Wichita Falls and not in conformity with the intent and
purpose of this ordinance, the City Clerk shall suspend such permit,
provided, however, that before any permit is suspended, the Clerk
shall give the holder of the permit 24 hours notice in writing that
a hearing is to be had, and that at said hearing the Clerk shall
ascertain the facts and if any reasons above set forth for revoking
the permit are found to exist, the permit shall be revoked.
SECTION 5. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply
to the sale or soliciting of orders for sale of milk, dairy products,
vegetables, poultry, eggs and other farm and garden produce, bread
and bakery products, so far as the sale of the commodity so named
is now authorized by law.
SECTION 6. Be it further ordained that any person violating
the provisions of this ordinance shall upon the conviction thereof
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be fined not more than c100. 00.
SECTION 7. Be it further ordained that all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8. The fact that the City of Wichita Falls does not
now have an adequate ordinance regulating the business covered herein
creates an emergency, and this ordinance is hereby declared an emer-
gency on the ground of urgent public need for the preservation of
peace, health and safety of property, and this ordinance shall take
effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of July, 1962.
Al -Witcher, Mayor Protem
ATTEST:
A. L. Fitts, C ty Clerk
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Please publish the ended Ordinance No. 1992*
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Wednesdays July 25, 196
Please fps this office with Certificate of
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Publication* together with copy of such publication.
Fours truly
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