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HomeMy Public PortalAbout230 Affidavit of PublicationSOUTH CROW RIVER NEWS • Rockford, Minnesota 1 oath says he is and during all the times herein stated has been ;paper known as the OUTH CROW RIVER NEWS erein stated as follows: the English language in newspaper format and in column and pace to at least 1,200 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is dis- weeks each year. (3) Said newspaper, in at least half of its issues cent of its printed space comprised of advertising material and 3 issues each year, has at least 50 percent of its news columns the community which it purports to serve, and not more than 25 column inches in any issue wholly duplicates any other publica- is from recognized general news services; (4) Said newspaper is Ipality which it purports to serve, and has at least 500 copies gibers, and has entry as second-class matter in its local post of - to serve the Cities of Rockford, Greenfield, Corcoran, Loretto, nd Rockford Township in the County of Hennepin and the County Lce of issue in the City of Rockford in said Hennepin County and !n during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale bscriptions and is maintained by the managing officer of said loy and is subject to his directions and control during all such aid newspaper is printed. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each iistorical Society. (7) Said newspaper is made available at single on, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association ;ing applicable payment. (8) Said newspaper has complied with all ist one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned ly publishes and submits to the secretary of state a sworn United itement of ownership and circulation. t the printed Ordnance ,do. 23Q vas cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and language, once each week, fort successive weeks; that it was 2 ....the22 day of j l-Y 19f:'•`�and was thereafter printed and nd including the day of 19 and that the following • case alphabet from A TO Z, both inclusive, and is hereby and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said abcdefghilklmnoporstuvwxyz (�)L�y... A.D., 19 uv" ty, Minnesota :i....19 L- 7 on . Larson, PUh11S'ge.r .5 ,. ns.+w s. CJ\i101..E J. 1..Ai ',ON; it, NO 7 ARY i'Uf?1.1C - 1.11:JNE C; f A ?` HEN i.g. r'i' i COLil\ITY ;�...fit), ,o:nrn!s�ion Cxpir�s May 9. 1987 v=�(i':�ti ea an r.res���trs•wo> NOTICE: MEDI NA ORDINANCE NO.230 AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A NEW SECTION 640 OF THE MEDINA CITY CODE REGULATING PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS The City Council of the City of Medina ordains as follows: Section I. The Medina City Code Is amended by adding the following: Section 640. Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants. 640.01. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city by discouraging fraudulent sale of or solicitation for goods or services or ,.fraudulent solicitation on behalf of ,organizations or causes and by • protecting against persons of criminal intent who travel from place to place in , the city under a guise of legitimacy. 640.03. Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms • shall have the meanings given to them: Subd. 1. "Peddler" means any person who goes from house to house, place to place or street to street conveying or transporting goods, wares, or merchan- dise or offering or exposing the same . for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers. Subd. 2. "Solicitor" means any per- son who goes from house to house, place to place, or street to street soliciting or taking orders for the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise of any nature for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future, regardless of whether such individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such order or whether advance pay- ment on such orders is collected. Solicitation shall Include any effort to obtain orders even though such may not initially purport to be the case. Subd. 3. "Transient Merchant" means any person who engages in, does or trasacts any temporary and tran- sient business in the city, either in one locality or in traveling from place to place in the city selling offense and the punishement or pevalty assessed therefor; and goods, wares or merchandise, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases, occupies or uses a building, structure, vacant lot or railroad car for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares or merchandise. Subd. 4. "Person" means any In- dividual, partnership, corporation, organization, society or association acting as a peddler, solicitor or tran- sient merchant. 640.05. License Required. No person shall engage in or follow the business of a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant without first having obtained a'license therefor from the city. 640.07. Application. Application for a license shall be made to the city clerk on forms provided by the city. The ap- plication shall contain at least the following information: (a) name and physical description of the applicant; (b) complete permanent home and local address of the applicant and, for transient merchants, the local address from which proposed sales will be made; (c) a brief description of the nature of tha hucin<cc business; (d) sale of the products of the farm or garden occupied or cultivated by the seller; (e) sale to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business; (f) sale or delivery of items of fold or drink to householders on a regular route; (g) a sale required by statute o" by order of any court, or a bona fide Auc- tion sale pursuant to law; (h) solicitation by an organlzatlion, society, association or corporaltion solely of its own members; or (i) distribution of materials door. to door free of charge. 640.15. Religious and Charitable Organizations. Any organizatior society, association or corporafIc desiring to solicit or to have soliciteb 1i1 its name money, donations of any Find for a charitable, benevolelnt philanthropic, patriotic, religidu` social service, welfare, educatiof eleemosynary, cultural, artistic public interest purpose or desiring sell or distribute any item of literature is er if. and shall be displayed upon reque a police officer or any person in th; contacted by the certificate hold connection with the solicltatiol ac- tivity. The city clerk shall maint in a record of all certificates issued he eun- der. 640.17. Loud Noises and Spe king Devices. No person licensed underl this ordinance shall, for the purpose of at- tracting attention to any good, ware or merchandise which the licensee proposes to sell, shout, cry out, blow a horn, ring a bell, or use any sound am- plifying device upon any street, elifeY, park or other public place In the city or upon private premises where sounC of sufficient volume is emitted or produced which is capable of Peing plainly heard upon a street, avenue, alley, park, or other public place. 640.10. Licenses Not Transferable- No license or certificate isci,n.-1..,.._..�,,• it, al of to ec- nd ee, In or tion ea ost tion h of Ives den-' , the se of I be be r, or merchandise for which a fe= charged or solicited from persons of than members of such organization exempt from the provisions of sub tions 640.05, 640.07, 640.09 and 640•11, provided there is filed a written st Ce- ment on a form to be furnished by the city which contains the following in or - melon: (a) name and the organization specific grounds under which exe P- tion is sought; (b) names and addresses of the of- ficers and directors of the organizati on; (c) period during which solicitati-n is to be carried on; and (d) whether any commission, wage or emolument is to be expend connection with such solicitation and the amount thereof. Upon being satisfied that such organizations, society, associatio corporation qualifies for an exem hereunder, the city clerk shall iss certificate to the applicant at no Such organization, society, associ or corporation shall furnish to ea its members, agents or representa engaged In soliciting written cr tials bearing the name of the agen name of the organization and purp. solicitation. Such credentials sha kept on the person of the me agent or representative when soliciting t by city r in