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ORDINANCE #99-11 - 6129
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 106-127,
ITINERANT MERCHANTS, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 106-127. Itinerant Merchants is hereby amended to read
(a) Any person engaging in or transacting any temporary or transient business in the
city, for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such
business, shall hire, lease, use or occupy any building or structure, motor vehicle, tent, car, boat, or
public room, or any part thereof, including rooms in hotels, lodging houses, or in any street, alley, or
other public place, or elsewhere, for a period of less than one year, for the exhibition of or sale of such
goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be deemed an itinerant merchant and shall pay a license tax under
Schedule F of section 106-101; provided, however, that a license tax of $625.00 shall be paid in
advance, which shall be in addition to the amount of license tax due under Schedule F of section 106-
101.
(b) Any person engaging in or transacting any temporary or transient business in the
city for the sale of any goods wares, or merchandise on the premises of any hospital with the hospital's
consent and who donates not less than fifteen percent (15%) of gross receipts realized from such
business to a hospital related charitable organization shall pav a license tax under Section F of Section
106-101, provided, however, that a minimum $75.00 per day for each day that such merchant shall
conduct business at the hospital license tax shall be paid in advance. The hospital shall, as a condition
to its consent, require such person to file the tax return as required under Chapter 106 of the Paducah
Code of Ordinances.
(c) Every person who has not been licensed for at least a year to sell or offer for sale
any goods, wares, or merchandise within the city shall file with the Finance Director an affidavit from
the owner of the building, structure, hospital or place to be used by such applicant, showing for what
period of time the property to be used by such applicant has been hired or leased by him, and no license
shall be issued until such affidavit is fled with the Finance Director. The Finance Director may issue a
r regular merchant's license to any such applicant upon the giving of a bond or surety, in lieu of the
aforementioned affidavit, in such amount as will equal the tax required under this section for a period of
one year. Such bond or surety shall provide that such amount shall be paid to the Finance Director in
the event and at any time during such year that the Finance Director shall determine on the basis of
evidence that it was the applicant's intention to engage in or transact a transient business in the city.
(d) No person shall be exempt from the payment of a license tax under this section by
reason of associating temporarily with any local merchant, dealer, or trader, or by reason of conducting
such temporary or transient business in connection with, or as a part of, the business in the name of any
local merchant, dealer, or trader.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale, at auction, of any goods,
wares, or merchandise, when being sold at the residence of a housekeeper desiring to dispose of same;
nor to sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents, or regularly established
merchants or manufacturers selling to the trade by sample, for future delivery from their established
place of business, nor to the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise by an assignee, trustee, executor,
fiduciary, officer in bankruptcy, or other officer appointed by any court.
(1) No license shall be issued to any person under this section who has not first
registered with the Chief of the Police Department, excepting, however, any merchant as described in
above.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become
effective upon publication in full.
ALBERT JONES, MAY
ATTEST:
Lenita Smith
CITY CLERK
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners October 26, 1999
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners November 9, 1999
Recorded by City Clerk,
November 9, 1999
Published by The Paducah Sun 46-L)
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