Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 05-10-1955 Regular — reading text

ACTIVIl IES WAL'roN BEACH, FLORIDA, DECLARING SAME TO BE AN EMERAENCY MEASURE, AND HtOVIDING PENALTIES. THEREFOR. I BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA:  10" 240 1 SEDTION ONE: No agent, canvass er, solid tor, salesman, or other person shall engage in the business of going from house to house for the purpose of displaying, or distributing any advertising literature, samples, orother advertising matter, taking, or soliciting, sub- scriptions, or orders for books, magazines, or other periodicals, or selling, or offering to se~l, any goods, wares, merchandise, or any other article, or procuring contracts, or collecting money, in relation to any such business until a permit has f,irst been obtained from the City Clerk. SECTION TOO: The permit required by the foregoing section shall be issued by the City Clerk under the seal of the city to any person over twenty- one years of age who shall make written application therefor and submit therewith suf'ficientevidence to establish that the appli- cant is a person of. good moral character, a law- abiding citi; en, and duly authorized to represent in such business the person, as stated in the application. Every permit shall terminate thirty days after the date of its issucance, and upon application of the holder may be reDeked from time to time. Any such permit may be revoJlted by the Clerk, for any immoral, disorderly, or other improper act, or con- duct by the holder thereof, affecting his fitness to engage in such business. SEDTION THREE: The applicant for a permit under this ordinance shall pay a fee of ". 00 to the City Clerk at the time the permit is issued or renewed to cover the cost and expenses relating to the issuance , or ~ the permit, Every such permit shall be registered in the office of the clerk. ~. SEDTION FOUR: No person shall solicit mone,y, services, subscrip~ions o or any valuable thing for any alleged religious, charitable or phil- anthropic cause from any person other than a member of the organi- zation for whose beuefit the solicitor is soliciting, unless the solicitor shall first secure a permit from the City Clerk so to do. SEMION FIVE: . Such permi tsas required. by the preceding section shafl be issued by the City Clerk and be granted as a matter of right, upon the solicitor submitting to the City Clerk evidence to establish the identity of the applicant, and authorization. to act for such cause or. organization. Upon producing sufficient evidence as to the above facts, the Ci~y Clerk shall 'issue a permit to the solicitor entitling him to solicit funds, contr1butions, moneys, services, subscriptions or any other valuable things, within the corporate limits of the city, for a period not to exceed thirty days. SECTION SIX: The permit as required by section one hereof shall entitle the solicitor to solicit wi,thin the corporate limits of the city within the hours of 10: 00 A. M. and 4: 00 P. M. on weeKdays, but shall prohibit solicitation at any other hour than specified. No solicitor shall solicit under the authority granted in such permit without at all times having on his person such permit. He shall o produce such permit upon demand of any person and failure to p~- duce such permit upon demand shall be prima facie evidence of a vio- lation of this ordinance. No solicitor shall solicit under this I  241 authority in any other manner than by personal approach to the person r~ from whom funds, moneys, or other valuable things are solicited. No J I, . 1' solicitation shall be permitted under authority of this permit over the telephone, but the solicitor must appear personally, in order that he may simultaneously produce his permit, as above required. 1ft' I SJroTION SEVEN: In the event that any organization containing more ill i.{ than one persliln is soli cd.ting funds, services or other valuable things, 1 j: each person in such organization so soliciting shall be required to secure a permit from the City Clerk. SECTION EIGHT. This ordinance shall not apply to brokers, drummers, or commercial salesmen dealing exclusively with licensed merchants, ii,' 1 dealers, or others at their stores, offices, or other places of busi- i i ness, but it shall not be construed to exempt peddlers from the pay- j ment of the license tax imposed by this .ordinance. J SECTION NINE, Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $ 100. 00 or b;y i imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and a illpnsonment. 1 1'~ ij 1)!!", SECTION rEX. All ord1aances or parts of ordinances in conf'lict here- wi th are hereby repealed. I. 1" SECTION ELEVEN. In order to provide for the immediate preservation jj 11 of the publlc peace, property, health and safety, and not for any Ji"" special privileges, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an EIIler- i It: gency measure and shall take effect immediate17 upon its passage and approval. Ii May/ 6, 1955 I'!k' ADOPTED.. i ATTJ!ST: sL P. K. Rodgers APPROVED. sl Thomas E. Brooks City oterk Mayor i', r~~~ The application for a beer license for Joe and Gene' s Grocery . ~ s pre- sented again. FollOldng, a discussion a mo'bion was made by Mr. V1lliams l~ 1 and seconded by Mr. Walker that the application be rejected. Vote J, 1~? r,~; aye, imanimous. 4' Ii There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6: 30 p. m. t ig"~ ADOPTED. ~ ~ / 9 f. r- i<; i i 111' p,E, 1~ ATTEST: y er : AP~ .: yor J2.. l./ JI f l::