HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-2203 REGULATING “PEDDLING”, “STREET SALES” & “STREET SELLING”. 110 ORDINANCE NO. ARO3
AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations; regulat-
ing "peddling", "street sales" and "street selling";
defining terms; amending Sections 5.56.020, 5.56.040,
and 5.56.051 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code;
and declaring an emergency.
• BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 5.56.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.56.020 Definitions For the purpose of this chapter,
the following definitions of terms shall apply:
1. 'Peddling' means the sale, offering for sale or
attempted sale of goods, wares, merchandise, ser-
vices, magazine subscriptions, one or more lots
or space in any cemetery, memorial park or
111 • memorial gardens, or burial permits, by personal
solicitation upon private property occupied
as a residence whether in single family dwellings,
duplexes, apartment houses, hotels or trailer
camps, or any other place occupied privately
for residence purposes.
2. 'Street sales' or 'street selling' means sales,
offering for sale or attempted sales of goods,
wares, merchandise or services upon the streets,
alleys or other public thoroughfares, or upon
public parks or playgrounds, of the City of
Yakima.
Section 2. Section 5.56.040 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.56.040 Street sales declared'nuisance--Exceptions--
Permit.
• A. Except for 'street selling' or 'street sales'
as regulated by Subsection B of this section pertaining
to activities upon public parks or playgrounds or on
• landscaped areas within the Central Business District
of the City, street sales or street selling are declared
to be a public nuisance except as a temporary expedient
involving matters of public interest. It is unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to engage in street sales
or street selling, except as provided by Subsection B of
this section, in the City of Yakima without first obtain-
ing a permit issued by or under the direction of the City
Manager, which permit shall be subject to the following:
1. No permit shall be issued unless in the opinion
of the City Manager the public interest is in-
volved and the public welfare will be advanced.
2. Each permit shall be subject to such terms
and conditions as the City Manager shall pres-
cribe and shall be issued for a permit of not
to exceed one week.
411 B. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
poration to engage in 'street selling' or 'street sales'
upon any public park or playground of the City, or upon
any landscaped area within the Central Business District
as defined by Section 9.10.090 of this code, unless such
activities are conducted pursuant to a concession agree-
ment approved by resolution of the Yakima City Council."
Section 3. Section 5.56.051 of the City of Yakima Municipal III
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.56.051 Limits wherein street selling prohibited.
It is unlawful for any vendor engaged in street selling
to sell within the Central Business District as defined
by Section 9.10.090 of this code, except pursuant to a
concession agreement authorized pursuant to Section
5.56.040 of this chapter, or on any of the following streets
within the City of Yakima: Tieton Drive, Summitview Ave. ,
nut; Yakima Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Nob Hill Boulevard, Wal-
nut
street east of llth Avenue, Mead Avenue, Crescent Drive
(40th Avenue), Englewood Avenue, 32nd Avenue, 24th Avenue,
16th Avenue, 5th Avenue, 3rd Avenue, 1st Street, 3rd
Street, Naches Avenue, and 6th Street; or within two
hundred feet of any public park, school or playground.
Provided, that this section shall not apply to those per-
sons or firms engaged in the primary business of selling
and delivering milk or cream on a regularly established
route and who sell and deliver other dairy and related
products as an incident to the primary business."
Section 4. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and
welfare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency
is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval and
publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 02/
day of art 1978.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
C it?? Clerk
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