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ORDINANCE NO. ~27/
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 763 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
3 LICENSING OF BUSINESSES, . . ."; AND ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT
OF A BOND FOR EACH SOLICITOR.
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: Ordinance No. 763 Section 111 is hereby
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"SECTION 111: For every person acting as a solicitor, as1
9 defined in this Section, $30.00 per quarter or any part thereof,
10 payable quarterly in advance, except those solicitors acting as
11 an agent or representative for an established place of business
12 in said City for which a license rate is established on the total
13 gross receipts of said bus iness.
14 In order to be classified and to qualify as a business
15 with an established place of business in said City, such business
16 shall pay a license tax rate based on its gross receipts and
17 shall continuously comply with each of the following requirements:
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1. A completely representative stock of the merchandise
19 being solicited shall be on display at the place of business;
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2. The established place of business must be open to the
21 public at least eight (8) hours a day, five (5) days a week;
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3. A floor salesman of the company shall be present at
23 all times when the place of business is open;
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4. Said business or company shall have and maintain at
25 said place a sign of not less than three (3) square feet bearing
u the name of the firm painted either on the front of the building
~ or on the unscreened glass facing the front street, or said sign
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5. Ingress and egress shall be available to the place of
~ business from the main entrance of the building.
31 A solicitvr, within the meaning of this Section, is defined
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32 to be any person who goes from house to house, or from place to
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place, in the City of San Bernardino, selling or taking orders
for, or offering to sell or take orders for, goods, wares or
merchandise or any article for future delivery, or for service to
be performed in the future, or for the making, manufacturing or
repairing of any article or thing whatsoever for future delivery.
The foregoing definition of a solicitor shall be exclusive and
controlling, and the fact that a solicitor may have had previous
contacts with the customer through the media of telephone, cor-
respondence, advertising or by person to person conversation,
or that he may have been invited to the house or place, shall not
be a defense to, or excuse for, a violation of any provision of
this Ordinance, nor effect his status as a solicitor.
All orders taken by licensed solicitors shall be in writ-
ing in duplicate, stating the terms thereof, and the amount paid
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15 in advance, and one copy shall be given to the purchaser. Each
16 solicitor shall be fingerprinted and photographed by the Police
17 Department. Solicitation shall cease at sundown.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
nardino at ~~~/~~~,~eeting thereof, held on the ~
day of '~~b , 19 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen ~~ ~ ~kA' ~ i
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NOES: '7/thu )
ABSENT :7Jd'?I.<)
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The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this ~day
of .A//...-nzkJ, 1967.
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DE(; 1 5 1967
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