[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Westminster as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Charter provisions — See § 29 of the City Charter.
[Adopted as Ch. 10, Art. I, of the 1972 Code, as amended
through 1990]
All licenses and permits required by this chapter
shall be issued by the City Clerk; and all license and permit fees
imposed by this chapter shall be paid to the City Treasurer prior
to the issuance of the licenses or permits for which such fees are
payable.
Applications for licenses and permits required
by this chapter shall be in writing, on forms provided by the City
Clerk, signed by the applicant, and containing such information as
the City Clerk may require to enable him to determine whether the
license or permit sought by the applicant should be issued, and the
following information shall be included in each application:
A.
The applicant's name and permanent residence address
and residence address within the City, if any and if different from
his permanent residence address.
B.
The applicant's permanent business address and the
place within the City at which he will conduct the business, trade,
occupation or activity for which the license or permit would authorize,
if issued.
C.
The type of license or permit applied for, and a concise
summary of the activities proposed to be conducted by authority thereof.
All licenses and permits required by this chapter
shall be in writing, on forms prepared by the City Clerk and approved
by the governing body. All licenses and permits shall be granted subject
to compliance by the grantor with all applicable provisions of law,
the City Charter, this Code and other ordinance, and if additional
terms or conditions are imposed, they shall be stated in the license
or permit.
Licenses and permits issued pursuant to this
chapter shall be valid only for the persons to whom issued and, where
applicable, for their agents and employees.
[Amended 12-8-2008 by Ord. No. 799]
Except as may be provided otherwise, all licenses
and permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be for one year,
from the first day of July in the year of issuance until the next
succeeding 30th day of June and shall be issued originally and subject
to renewal upon payment of the prescribed fees as provided in the
General Fee Ordinance.[1]
Persons having a fixed place of business shall
maintain their licenses or permits on conspicuous display therein;
and persons having no fixed place of business shall carry their licenses
or permits on their person at all times while acting under authority
thereof and shall display them to any prospective customer or City
officer upon request.
The City Clerk may revoke any license or permit
issued by him for any reason which would have denied the issuance
thereof, for any violation of the terms or conditions thereof or for
violation of any provision of law, the City Charter, this Code or
other ordinance relating thereto or regulating the business, trade,
occupation or activity authorized thereby, provided that revocation
of any license or permit by the City Clerk shall be subject to the
privilege of appeal to the legislative body and a public hearing thereon
upon filing notice of such appeal by the person aggrieved with the
City Clerk within 10 days from the date of such revocation.
[Adopted as Ch. 10, Art. II, of the 1972 Code, as amended
through 1990]
[Amended 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause
a circus parade to proceed upon any street of the City without having
procured a City permit so to do, the fee for which shall be as established
in the General Fee Ordinance.[2]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit within
the City any circus, puppet show or other exhibition or sideshow without
having procured a City license so to do.
B.
Fees for such licenses shall be as established in
the General Fee Ordinance.
[Amended 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
C.
Applications for licenses required by this section
shall be referred by the City Clerk to the legislative body for action
thereon.
D.
This section shall not be construed to require a license
for any circus, sideshow or similar exhibition given by citizens of
this City.
[Amended 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
No person or any member of a firm nor any person
acting in the capacity of an officer, servant, agent or clerk of any
corporation or firm shall at any time distribute or cause to be distributed
by hand within the limits of the City any handbills, circulars, pamphlets
or letters, excepting the delivery of the United States mail, without
first having procured a license thereupon and paying to the City Clerk
a fee as provided in the General Fee Ordinance;[1] and in such distribution, no such handbill, circular,
pamphlet or letter shall be placed in any mailbox or letter slot and
no more than one handbill, circular, pamphlet or letter shall be distributed
or left at any one mailing address.
[Amended 10-28-1991 by Ord. No. 537]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hawk, peddle
or sell any goods, wares or merchandise of any descriptions upon the
streets or parking areas of the City or from any rooms or halls in
motels, hotels and other lodging houses on a transient basis or to
go from house to house to sell any goods, wares or merchandise, either
by sample or otherwise, without having procured a license to do so,
the fee for which shall be established in the General Fee Ordinance.[1] A license shall be required for each and every person
to hawk, peddle or sell under this section.
[Amended 11-24-2008 by Ord. No. 791]
B.
Subsection A of this section shall not apply to the following:
(1)
Any persons selling fresh farm or garden products
raised by the seller.
(2)
Sales made under judicial process.
(3)
Sales made by auctioneers.
(4)
Sales made by any duly qualified nonprofit corporation,
organization or society for charitable, religious or civic purposes.
(5)
Mere solicitation orders for the future delivery of
goods, wares or merchandise in interstate commerce.
(6)
Sales at residential premises pursuant to an invitation
by an owner or occupant of the residential premises.
