[Ord. No. 740 §§1 —
5, 9-5-1974; Ord. No.
1099 §§1 — 2, 11-7-1985]
A.
GARAGE SALES
GOODS
PERSON
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
Includes all sales entitled "garage sale", "lawn sale", "attic
sale", "rummage sale", or "flea market sale" or any similar sale of
tangible personal property which is advertised by any means whereby
the public at large is or can be made aware of the sale.
Includes any goods, warehouse merchandise or other property
capable of being the object of a sale regulated hereunder.
Includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations,
and corporations.
B.
Garage Sale License.
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale in the
City of Woodson Terrace, Missouri, without first filing with the City
Clerk the information hereinafter specified and obtaining from City
Hall a license to do so. Such license shall be known as a "garage
sale license". No fee shall be charged for the issuance of said license.
2.
Such license shall be issued to any one (1) person or household on
the same premises a maximum of three (3) times within a twelve (12)
month period and no such license shall be issued for more than four
(4) consecutive calendar days. The sale shall be restricted to between
the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. An extension may be granted by
the City Clerk in cases of inclement weather or for other legitimate
delays.
3.
Each license issued under this Section must be prominently displayed
on the premises upon which the garage sale is conducted throughout
the entire period of the license sale.
C.
Information To Be Filed. This information to be filed with
the City Hall pursuant to this Section shall be as follows:
1.
Name of person, firm, group, corporation, association, or organization
conducting said sale.
2.
Name of owner of the property on which said sale is to be conducted
and consent of owner, if applicant is other than owner or lessee.
3.
Location at which sale is to be conducted.
4.
Number of days of sale.
5.
Whether or not applicant has been issued any other vendor's license
by any local, State or Federal agency.
6.
Sworn statement or affirmation by the person signing that the information
therein given is full and true and known to him/her to be so.
7.
Statement that all property to be sold is the personal property of
the applicant(s) and same has not been acquired or consigned to the
said applicant for purposes of resale.
D.
Signs. All persons shall be allowed one (1) sign in the
yard of the sale and must conform to present zoning ordinance of the
City, said sign may be permitted on the said property two (2) days
before the sale, and on the sale days only, and must be removed at
the close of the sale.
E.
Persons And Sale Excepted. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to or affect the following persons or sales:
1.
Persons selling goods pursuant to an order of process of a court
of competent jurisdiction.
2.
Persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties as public
officials.
3.
Any person selling or advertising for sale an item or items of personal
property which are specifically named or described in the advertisement
and which separate items do not exceed five (5) in number.
[Ord. No. 355 §§1 —
9, 8-17-1961; Ord. No.
460 §1, 5-21-1964; Ord. No. 996 §1, 5-19-1983]
A.
VEHICLE
VENDOR
Definitions. Whenever the following terms or words appear
in this Section, they shall be taken to have the meanings ascribed
to them as follows:
Any self-propelled mechanical device on wheels, designed
primarily for use on streets or highways, and including those propelled
or drawn by human power.
Any person operating a vehicle, as herein defined, from which
he/she sells or offers for sale, at retail, ice cream, popcorn or
similar products, or any other goods, wares or merchandise.
B.
No
vendor shall operate his/her vehicle for the purpose of selling or
offering for sale any of his/her stock in trade on the public streets
of the City of Woodson Terrace between the hours of 6:30 P.M. and
9:00 A.M. and the months of November through March.
C.
Sounding
devices such as bells may be used to herald the approach of the vendor's
vehicle at other times of the day, provided that no sound shall be
emitted for such purpose of a strident or irritating tone, excessive
volume, or of a continuous nature. Whenever a complaint is received
by any Police Officer of the City that the sounding device used by
any vendor is annoying or is being operated in such a manner that
it constitutes a nuisance, he/she shall forthwith observe and listen
to such sound or sounds being emitted from the vendor's vehicle and
if in violation of this Section shall require the vendor to modify
such signal to comply herewith.
D.
Vendors
shall operate their vehicles only on the right-half of the roadway.
No such vehicle shall be stopped, parked or allowed to stand within
so as to block any private driveway, nor within fifty (50) feet of
any intersecting street, nor shall any such vehicle be allowed to
stand, or be parked or stopped farther than one (1) foot from the
right-hand edge of the paved portion of the roadway.
E.
It
shall be the duty of every vendor to exercise the highest degree of
care for the safety of small children who may be attracted to the
public streets and highways of this City in the immediate vicinity
of vendor's vehicle whenever he/she has brought the same to a stop
to transact his/her business. To that end it shall be the duty of
every vendor to exercise the highest degree of care:
1.
Not to stop, stand or park his/her vehicle except where it is clearly
visible for a distance of one hundred (100) feet to traffic moving
in either direction.
2.
To keep a lookout for other motor vehicles approaching his/her said
vehicle, and to warn children of tender years in or near the roadway
of such approaching traffic.
3.
To caution young children of tender years, where necessary, from
going into the paved portion of the roadway and into the path of any
approaching motor vehicle.
4.
To warn approaching motorists of the presence of children who may
or are about to enter the roadway in the path of any such approaching
motor vehicle, where the vision of such approaching motorist may be
obstructed by the vendor's vehicle or other motor vehicles or obstructions
nearby.
F.
Before
a vendor shall operate any vehicle, as those terms are defined in
this Section, in the vending of any goods, wares, merchandise, including
foodstuffs, on any public way in the City of Woodson Terrace, he/she
shall comply with the following conditions and requirements for the
protection of the safety, health and welfare of the residents of the
City, particularly children.
1.
Each vehicle must be inspected by a licensed mechanic who shall certify
that the same is in good working order with an adequate braking system
and equipped with outside rear view mirrors on each side of the vehicle,
and front and rear lights which shall be kept lighted at all times
the vehicle is in operation on the City streets, while moving or standing,
between one-half (½) hour before sunset and one-half (½)
hour after sunrise. It shall be the duty of the City Police Department
to review such inspection and from time to time check such vehicle
to make certain that the safety equipment required hereunder is in
good working order.
2.
Each individual vendor shall apply to the City for and be issued
a permit which such person shall keep on his/her person at all times
while engaged in vending on the public ways of this City. No permit
shall be issued or if issued shall be deemed revoked automatically
unless the vendor complies with the following requirements and produces
satisfactory evidence of such compliance upon application for a permit.
a.
The vendor has a valid current Missouri State chauffeur's license
in good standing.
b.
Has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.
c.
Is covered as an insured under the current policy of liability insurance
required on any vehicle operated by him/her.
d.
Has not violated any provision of this Section.
3.
Present satisfactory evidence that the vehicle to be used in such
vending is covered by a policy of insurance with an insurer authorized
to do business in the State of Missouri with limits of liability for
bodily injury of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($250,000.00) for each person or five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00)
for each accident and property damage liability of not less than one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
G.
The
Mayor shall have the power, on conviction of any person for a violation
hereof, to suspend the vendor's license of such person, or of the
person, firm or corporation to which the license, under which such
vendor was operating, was issued.
[Ord. No. 717 §§1 —
6, 11-1-1973]
A.
Every
person, firm or corporation in possession or control of the common
area of any shopping center shall cause such common areas to be adequately
lighted during the period from sunset to one-half (½) hour
after the closing of the last business to close at night in such shopping
center.
B.
For
the purposes of this Section, a "shopping center" shall be deemed to be a group of three (3) or more stores or offices
in a single building or more than one (1) building operated as a unit
with exterior areas used in common by such stores or offices for automobile
parking and other common uses.
C.
"Persons", as used herein, shall be deemed to be the person
at any given time in charge of the shopping center premises, any manager
thereof, any individual owner, partner or officer of a corporation
that is the lessor of any shopping center premises.
D.
All
lighting for the common area of any shopping center shall comply with
the zoning ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the Architectural
Review Board.
There is hereby levied an annual business license tax in the
sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per annum on the owner of each
ATM location to be paid per location, and each bank, trust company,
savings and loan or credit union doing business at any branch or office
facility or ATM location in the City of Woodson Terrace.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved by the voters at
the general municipal election 4-2-2024.
