HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 13, Page 271, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDIidAIdCE AKENDING SECTIOIT 57 01' AAT ORDINAUCE ENTI`_rLED:
"Ail! ORDINANCE FIXING AND REGULATING THiE LICENSE TAXES, I11,FHER Ai?D FOR%I
OF GRANTING AND ISSUING SAIL 01.1 TI -IE VARIOUS LINES OF BUSINESS, TRADES,
OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIOiTS AVD CALLII?GS IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
I{E ITUCKY, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR HON-PAY_KmTT TiIEREOF, AiTD FOR
VIOLATION THEREOF, AilD I•1AKIATG IT UVLAWFUL TO EN.,GAGE IIT ANY SUCH LIVES
OF BUSINESS, TRADES, OCCUPATIONS, PROFESSION?S, VOCATIOI`?S AIdD CALLIIMS
WITHOUT FIRST PAYING THE LICENSE TA:1 AND PROCURING LICENSES AS PROVIDED
HEREIN; :REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREi'IITH, AND PROVIDIIG
A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF C014-11ISSIONERS
ON DECILDIDER 23, 1947, AND AI,04DED Oil DECE:'• BER 28, 1948
BE IT ORDAI NED BY THE BOARD OF COI•1ZSSIOI?ERS Or THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KEI,.TTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 57 of an ordinance containing the
title quoted above, which ordinance was adopted by the Board of Comm-
issioners on December 23, 1947, and amended on December 28, 1948,
be, and the same is hereby repealed, amended and reordained so that
said section as amended and .reo-rdained shall read as follows:
1F8ECTIOIT 57. Peddlers. distributors, solicitors and Dick -up
and delivery service. Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance,
any person peddling goods, ?:ares, merchandise, products, articles, items,
things, or personal property of any kind; or distributing hand bills,
posters, samples, or other advertising matter for commercial advertising
purposes; or canvassing or soliciting and selling or taking orders for
the sale of goods, mares, merchandise, products, articles, items, things
or personal property of any kind where such sales are made conditionally,
or orders are accepted conditionally, or delivery is to be made leter,
or the title is retained by the seller in order to secure the payment
of the purchase money; or soliciting trade or business for any type of
work, service, processing or production not covered by other provisions
of this ordinance, or picking up or delivering goods, wares, merchandise,
products, articles, items, things or personal property of any kind, if
such service is not covered by other provisions of this ordinance;
shall pay an annual license tax under Schedule F of Section 83; pro-
vided, however, that such a person going on foot shall pay in advance
a minimum license tax of ;?15.00 and that such a person using a motor
vehicle shall pay in advance a minimum license of 150.00, and such
minimum license taxes shall not be prorated for parts of a calendar
year. A credit shall be allowed for such minimum license taxes against
the amounts of license taxes due under Schedule F of Section 83. This
section shall not apply to employees of a business licensed under this
ordinance.
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The term "peddling' as used in this section shall mean and
include selling or offering for sale at retail any goods, mares,
merchandise, products, articles, items, things, or personal property
of any kind, by a person who goes from place to place contracting
prospective customers and makes deliveries at the same time of making
sales. A peddler shall not carry on his business within 300 feet
of the City Darker House. A peddler's license shall authorize only
one person to conduct a peddling business, and a person_ to whom such
a license is issued shall not sell by agents or clerks, but each agent
or clerk shall procure a separate license. Each peddler while engaging
in peddling shall carry his license and exhibit the same whenever
required to do so by a police officer or other employee of the city.
A peddler's license shall not be transferable.
A license issued under this Section shall not in any way
authorize the person purchasing same to go in or upon private residences
without having been requested or invited to do so, nor shall it authorize
said person to do any act in violation of any law or ordinance."
SECTIOK 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are, to theextent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTIO11 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption:
Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 15, 1955
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 15, 1955