[Amended 8-19-1963 by Ord. No. 63-12]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to display, sell or offer for sale any goods, wares or
merchandise of any kind or description upon the public streets, ways
and places of the City, with the following exceptions:
A. It shall be lawful for the City Commission to grant
a temporary permit upon application by the Chamber of Commerce or
other merchant organization for the display and sale of goods, wares
and merchandise by merchants on the public sidewalks in front of their
respective stores. The City Commission in granting any such temporary
permit may attach such conditions to such permit as the City Commission
deems necessary in order to ensure the safety and convenience of pedestrian
traffic, and in order to protect the public safety and general welfare.
B. It shall be lawful for newsboys to sell newspapers
upon the public streets.
C. It shall be lawful for venders duly licensed by the
City to sell goods from vehicles, so long as such vendors comply with
all ordinances of the City relative to such selling.
It shall be unlawful for any person in his own
behalf or as agent for another person, firm or corporation to personally
solicit anyone upon the streets and public places of the City of Royal
Oak for the purpose of selling either merchandise or service of any
kind; provided, however, it shall not be unlawful for newsboys and
licensed vendors to so solicit.
[Added 9-5-1939 by Ord. No. 363]
It shall be unlawful for any person in his own
behalf or as agent for any other person or persons to personally solicit
tourists, motorists or other persons upon the streets and public places
of the City of Royal Oak for the purpose of directing such tourist
or other person to a tourist home, rooming house, lodging house, tourist
camp or any other place used for the purpose of lodging tourists,
or for the purpose of advertising tourist accommodations or persuading
tourists or other persons to use such tourist accommodations or the
services provided thereat.
Anyone found guilty of violating this article
may be fined not exceeding $100 or imprisoned in the County Jail of
Oakland County, Michigan, for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.