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ORDINANCE NO. 1356
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR
SPECIAL EVENT PEDDLERS
LICENSE
WHEREAS, the Nation& City business
license ordinance does not contain a
category of occupation to provide
licensing for one day special events such
as parades and circuses, and
WHEREAS, it has been brought to the
attention of the City Council that
numerous out of town businessmen are
corning to Nation& City, maintaining no
fixed place of business in this community,
and engage in business activities for the
duration of special events, and
WHEREAS, the present minimum
business license fee is levied
contemplating a businessman with a fixed
place of business in National City who
makes other contributions to the economy
and who does not present special enforce-
ment problems, and
WHEREAS, transient businessmen of
various types who come to National City
for special events and then leave the
corporate limits present special problems
of business license enforcement and
revenue collection;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OR-
DAINED that Ordinance No. 708 is
amended to add the following sub -sections
to Section 31, Special Events Vendors
License:
a. Any person not maintaining a
properly licensed fixed place of business
within the City of National City who
engages in any busness activity including,
but not limited to, peddling, vending, and
hawking, whether from a vehicle, or on
foot, or from a portable stand, or
otherwise during, prior to, or immediately
after, a special event, as hereinafter
defined must obtain a "Special Event
Peddlers License" and pay for the fee
therefor.
b. A special event is any occasion of
public celebration occurring within the
City of National City including parades,
rodeos, circuses, carnivals, concerts,
festivals, dances, and the like. The City
Council may from time to time, by
resolution, designate those functions and
activities which are to be considered
"special events" within the meanin
this ordinance. Such resolution
designate the hours ,during which
"special event" is considered to be
occurring for the purposes of this
ordinance.
c. The City Treasurer shall issue one
day "Special Event Peddlers Licenses" to
persons applying therefor for a daily fee of
$50.00. In the event a "special event" is
designated by the Council to occur over a
period of time greater than 24 hours, then
an additional $50.00 daily fee shall
collected for each 24-hour period, or
thereof exceeding the fixed 24-hour p
of such an event.
d. Charitable and non-profit organiza-
tions may apply to the City Council for
exemption from the requirements of this
ordinance, and the Council, in its
discretion, may grant exemption from all
or a part of the license fee called for
herein to qualified charitable and non-
profit organizations.
e. Violation a Misdemeanor. Any
person who engages in the activities
described herein as Section (a) without
obtaining the license herein required is
guilty of a misdemeanor for the violation
of which such person may be fined a sum
not to exceed $500.00 and imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 6 months.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day
of April, 1973.
KILE MORGAN
MAYOR
ATTEST:
lone Minogue Campbell
City Clerk
Passed and adopted by the Council of
the City of National City, California, on
April 17, 1973 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmen Camacho, Pinson,
Reid, Waters, Morgan.
Nays: Councilmen None
Absent: Councilmen None.
Abstain: Councilmen None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
KILE MORGAN
Mayor of the City of
National City, California
lone Minogue Campbell
City Clerk of the City of
National City, California
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing ordinance was not finally
adopted until seven calendar days had
elapsed between the day of its introduction
and the day of its final passage, to wit, on
April 10, 1973 and on April 17, 1973.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said
ordinance was read in full prior to its final
passage or that the reading of said
ordinance in full was dispensed with by a
vote of not less than a majority of the
members elected to the Council, and that
there was available for the consideration
of each member of the Council and the
public prior to the day of its passage a
written or printed copy of said ordinance.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above
and foregoing is a full, true and correct
copy of ORDINANCE NO. 1356 of the City
of N io I City, passed and adopted by
e unLof.aid City on April 17 4;973.(Seal)
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AND I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
same has been duly published according
to law.
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