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ORDINANCE NO. 1550
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS:
PREAMBLE
This entire ordinance is and shall be deemed as an exercise of
the police power of the State of Texas, and of the City of North
Richland Hills, for public safety, comfort, welfare, convenience
and protection of the City and Citizens of said City, and all of
the provisions hereof shall be construed for the accomplishment
of that purpose.
ARTICLE I ITINERANT VENDERS
SECTION 1: DEFINITION
For the purpose of this article, an itinerant merchant is any person
who either sells from house-to-house or from place-to-place in the City.
SECTION 2: PERMIT REQUIRED
Every itinerant merchant as defined in the foregoing section shall be
required to obtain a permit prior to the engaging in the business of an
itinerant merchant. An applicant for a permit to do business as an
itinerant merchant shall file an application in writing with the city
secretary not less than ten (10) days before the first month in which he
proposes to engage in business as an itinerant merchant. The application
must contain the following information:
(a) The full name of the person applying for a permit and his address
and telephone number, if. any. If the itinerant merchant is selling on
behalf of an organization, the name and address of the parent organization
shall also be supplied.
(b) The license plate number of any and all vehicles to be used by
the permittee must be provided. The Texas drivers license number of any
and all who will operate a motor vehicle for the permittee must be
provided.
(c) Proof of liability insurance (as required by State Law) must be
provided at the time of request for this permit. Such proof shall be in
format permitting retention by the city secretary.
(d) The addresses of the itinerant merchant during the previous five
(5) years with the name of at least one reference in each community.
(e) The name, address, date of birth and fingerprints of each agent
selling with the City.
(f) A copy of a limited sales tax permit issued by the State of
Texas, or proof that the goods sold are not subject to such sales tax.
(g) A statement of the type of goods or wares to be sold.
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(h) A copy of a current health certificate if merchandise of edible
quality is to be sold; provided, however, this shall not apply to the sale
of candy, nuts or other edibles prepared and packaged by a nationally
recognized manufacturer or a Texas manufacturer meeting standards imposed
by state and local health code, if such packages are unbroken.
(i) A statement of the period of time such applicant wishes to sell
or solicit in said city, providing that no permit shall be issued granting
such authority in excess of one (1) calendar year from date of issue.
(j) Positive proof of identification of each applicant and agent.
SECTION 3: BOND REQUIRED
The application described in Section 2 hereof shall be accompanied by
a bond in the penal sum of $10,000.00, signed by applicant, and signed, as
surety, by some surety company authorized to do business in the State of
Texas, conditioned for the final delivery of goods, wares, merchandise or
services, in accordance to indemnity any and all purchasers or customers
for any and all defects in material or workmanship that may exist in the
article sold by the principal of said bond, at the time of delivery, and
that may be discovered by such purchaser or customer within 30 days after
delivery, and which bond shall be for the use and benefit of all persons,
firms or corporations that may make any purchase or give any order to the
principal on said bond, or to an agent or employee of the principal.
Provided that in case applicant is a persons, firm, company, partnership,
corporation or association engaging in any activity mentioned in paragraph
two hereof through one or more agents or employees, such persons, firm,
company, partnership, corporation or association shall be required to enter
into only one bond, in the sum of $10,000.00 as above required, which bond
shall be made to cover the activities of all its agents or employees up to
a maximum of 5 agents or employees.
SECTION 4: FEES ATTACHED
That the license fee for an itinerant merchant, or itinerant vendor
shall be $100.00. Provided, however, when any person, firm, company,
partnership, corporation or association engages in any activity mentioned
in Section One hereof through one or more agents or employees such persons,
firm, company, partnership, corporation or association shall, in addition
to said $100.00 above mentioned, pay a license fee of $50.00 for each agent
or employee so engaged, all of which licenses shall be valid for one year
from the date of their issuance. The fees herein provided for shall be
used for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the issuing of said
licenses.
SECTION 5: EXEMPTIONS
(a) The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to sales made to
dealers by commercial travelers or sales agents in the usual course of
business, nor to sales made upon authority and by order of law, nor to
vendors of farm products, if such products are from the farm of the vendor.
(b) Sells or offers to sell a product, article, tag, service
publication, ticket, advertisement, subscription; or,
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(c) Holds, promotes or participates in entertainment, sports event,
benefit dance, fair, bazaar, or other type of organized social
entertainment; on the plea or representation, whether express or implied,
that the proceeds from the solicitation, sale or entertainment are for a
charitable purpose.
SECTION 6: CHARITABLE PURPOSE means the use of money or property for
the benefit of:
(a) Charity or philanthropy, or poor, impoverished, destitute,
underprivileged, needy, refugee, diseased, injured, crippled, disabled, or
handicapped persons, or persons in need of rehabilitation;
(b) Patriotism, that is, for the teaching of patriotism or the relief
of assistance of veterans or veterans' organizations; or
(c)
endowment
person or
Existing educational institutions or for
of educational institutions or in aid of
group of persons.
the establishment or
the education of any
SECTION 7: PERMIT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS; DEFENSES
(a) No person or organization may conduct a charitable solicitation
by handbills, advertisements, house-to-house canvass, or by any other
method in the city without the person, organization, society, or
corporation responsible for conducting the solicitation first obtaining a
permit in compliance with the terms of this article.
(b) If a persons or organization conducts or manages a charitable
solicitation in the name of or on behalf of another person or organization,
each entity shall obtain a charitable solicitation permit.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this article that:
(1) an organization solicits funds or good only from its own
membership
(2) a person or organization solicits funds only by use of a
public broadcasting media;
(3) a person or organization solicits funds only from
foundations;
(4) the organization, person, society, corporation holds a
religious solicitation permit under this ordinance.
(d) This article shall not apply to persons under eighteen (18) years
of age if engaged in fund raising activities for a nonprofit organization
using all profits for young people's activities or donating all profits to
charities other than a sponsoring organization. This article shall also·
not apply to persons under fifteen (15) years of age engaged in fund
'raising activities for a nonprofit organization which is using all profits
for young people's activities or which will donate all profits to charities
other than the sponsoring organization; nor shall such article apply to the
organization for which such young persons are soliciting.
(e) A solicitation is
communicated to a person then
person making the solicitation
conducted within the city when it is
located within the city, whether or not the
receives a contribution or makes a sale.
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SECTION 8: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
(a) An applicant for a permit to conduct a charitable solicitation in
the city shall file an application in writing with the city secretary not
less than ten (10) days before the first month in which the proposed
charitable solicitation activities are planned.
(b) Upon the showing of unforeseen emergency or circumstances
necessitating immediate action to render aid for a charitable purpose, the
city secretary may issue a charitable solicitation permit on a temporary
basis before the expiration of the required ten-day period as provided in
the foregoing subsection.
(c) The application must contain the following information:
(1) the full name of the person or organization applying for a
permit to solicit and the address of the headquarters in the
city; if the organization is a chapter or other affiliate of
an organization having its principal office outside the
city, the name and address of the parent organization.
(2) The names and addresses of all officers and directors or
trustees of the organization and the name and city of
residence of all officers, directors or trustees of the
parent organization, if any.
(3) The name of the person or persons by whom the receipts of
the solicitation will be disbursed; if the receipts are
transmitted to a parent organization for further
disbursement, detailed information on the methods of
handling and disbursement of all funds and a detailed and
complete financial statement of the parent organization for
the last preceding fiscal year.
(4) The name and address of the local person or persons who will
be in charge of conducting the charitable solicitation.
(5) A description of the method or methods to be used in
conducting the charitable solicitations.
(6) The period within which the charitable solicitation will be
conducted, including the proposed dates for the beginning
and ending of the solicitation.
(7) A full statement of the character and extent of the
charitable work done by the applicant within the city during
the preceding year and a statement of the specific purpose
for which funds are to be solicited, together with a
detailed account of their intended use.
(8) If the applicant is a corporation, a copy of its charter or
articles of incorporation from its state of incorporation if
the applicant is a foreign corporation, a copy of its
certificate to do business in this state.
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(9) If the applicant is a charitable corporation or other
nonprofit organization, proof of the applicant's current
status as a charitable association or other organization to
which contributions are tax deductible for federal income
tax purposes.
(10) A statement of whether contributions to the person or
organization for tax deductible and what percentage of the
contributions are not tax deductible.
(11) Other information which may be required by the city secretary in
order to determine fully the type and character of the proposed
solicitation.
SECTION 9:
INVESTIGATION: ISSUANCE AND DENIAL ùF PERMITS
(a) Upon receipt of an application, the city secretary shall make or
cause to be made, an investigation to determine the qualifications of the
applicant for a permit.
(b) If the city secretary finds:
(1) That the applicant has met all the requirements of this
ordinance;
(2) That none of the circumstances in subsection (f) of this
sections exists:
the city secretary shall issue a permit.
(c) If the city secretary finds that the applicant does not meet the
requirements for a charitable solicitation permit as provided in subsection (b)
of this section, or that there is need to question the applicant to clarify the
application, the city secretary shall so notify the applicant at least ten (10)
days in advance of a hearing.
(d) After a formal hearing if the city secretary finds:
(1) That the application has met all the requirements of this
article;
(2) That none of the circumstances in subsection (f) of this
section exist;
the city secretary shall issue a permit.
(e) In the case of unforeseen emergency or circumstances
necessitating immediate action to render aid for a charitable purpose, the city
secretary may issue a charitable solicitation permit on a temporary basis, not
to exceed ten (10) days, if the applicant has met all other requirements of this
'article and qualifies under subsection (b) of this section. Temporary permits
issued by the city secretary shall automatically expire after ten (10) days.
(f) If the city secretary shall refuse issuance of a permit if, upon
investigation and hearing, it is found that the applicant has not complied with
all the requirements of this article or that anyone or more of the following
enumerated statements are true:
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(1) One or more of the statements made in the application or at
a hearing on there application are false.
(2) The applicant or person in charge of the charitable
solicitation has been convicted of fraud, theft, conversion,
embezzlement, swindling, robbery, or burglary, or that the
applicant or person in charge has made or caused to be made
false statements or misrepresentations to a member of the
public with regard to the charitable solicitation campaign
or other activities described in the permit, or has in any
way publicly represented that the charitable solicitation
permit is an endorsement or recommendation of the cause for
which the charitable solicitation is being conducted or has
otherwise violated any of the terms of a charitable
solicitation permit or this article.
(3) There is no local resident in a responsible position with
the organization conducting the charitable solicitation.
(4)
Applicant received a charitable
conditional basis in the previous
with conditions of the permit.
solicitation permit on a
year and failed to comply
(g) If the city secretary refuses a charitable solicitation permit an
applicant pursuant to this article, no appeal within the city administration is
appropriate, all such appeals may be heard only by the local governing body.
SECTION 10: DURATION OF PERMIT; NONTRANSFERABLE
(a) Charitable solicitation permits are valid only for the period
specified in the permit. Permits will be issued for a period of thirty (30)
days unless the applicant documents the necessity for a longer period. Upon a
showing by the applicant of necessity, the city secretary may approve issuance
of a permit for a period not to exceed one year.
(b) An extension of the permit, not to exceed thirty (30) days may be
granted by the city secretary upon a showing of good cause by the permittee.
(c) Charitable organizations continuously operating on an annual basis,
which have as their chief source of revenue the sale of goods, wares, and
merchandise, whether or not donated to the organization, will hold permits
effective from February 1st of each year until January 31st of the following
year. Annual written applications must be submitted for renewal of these
permits.
(d) A charitable solicitation permit is nontransferable.
'SECTION 11: PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
(a) When contributions to a person or organization are not wholly tax
deductible, the person or organization shall prominently state, in all
materials used in the solicitation and in all verbal solicitations, the
percentage which is not tax deductible.
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(b) No prOV1S10n of this ordinance shall be construed to apply to children
engaged in the sales of items for extra curricular activities sanctioned by the
school district nor for agricultural products in their natural state sold by the
grower.
(c) No exemption is either expressed or implied for any vendor of
confectionary or dairy products (including those foods commonly referred to as
ice cream) sold from mobile vending trucks nor for the sale of botanical
products vended from the roadside or door-to-door.
SECTION 12: EDIBLE MERCHANDISE, SANITATION
Every person who is licensed as an itinerant merchant to peddle edible
merchandise, as required by this chapter, shall keep all articles for sale to
the public in a clean and sanitary condition, as well as the wagons, vehicles,
or other conveyances used in the transportation of such merchandise.
SECTION 13: QUALITY AND ACCURATE MEASURES
It shall be unlawful for any itinerant merchant to sell or offer to sell
any unsound or unwholesome merchandise or to give a false weight or measure to
such article sold or offered for sale.
SECTION 14: CANCELLATION OF LICENSE
Each itinerant merchant license issued hereunder shall be subject to
cancellation for any violation of any provision of this chapter applicable to
itinerant merchants.
SECTION 15: NO PERMITS TO CERTAIN PERSONS
No permit shall be issued to any person who shall have been convicted of
any crime involving moral turpitude, including, but not limited to fraud,
swindling or related crimes.
SECTION 16: DISPLAY BADGE OR PLACARD
Any itinerant merchant, vendor or peddler in the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas shall at all times while working in such capacity wear and
prominently display a badge or placard clearly identifying the said vendor by
name and clearly identifying the base or parent organization he is representing.
The letters of said badge or placard must be at least 1/8 inch in height.
ARTICLE II. CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS
SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS
Charitable solicitation means conduct whereby a person, organization,
society, corporation or its agent, member of representative:
(a) Solicits property, financial aid, gifts in money, or any article
representing monetary value;
(b) All applicants receiving charitable solicitation permits shall supply
their solicitors with credentials of identification, to be shown upon request.
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(c) The holder of a charitable solicitation permit is responsible for the
overt acts of his authorized representatives in connection with the
solicitation.
(d) No person shall use or disburse funds collected pursuant to a
charitable solicitation permit for a purpose other than the charitable purpose
described i the application and the actual and necessary expenses incident to
the solicitation, collection, and disbursement of the funds.
(e) No person may solicit or obtain gifts in money or merchandise, directly
or indirectly, by the misrepresentation of names, occupation, affiliation,
physical disability, financial condition, social condition, or residence.
SECTION 2: COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCE
No person may solicit contributions for a charitable purpose until the
provisions of this ordinance are fully complied with and until a permit for the
purpose has been issued by the city secretary authorizing the solicitation inn
the city.
(a) In all cases where the city secretary has reason to believe that a
person or organization is soliciting for a charitable purpose without a permit
or the funds of a person or organization operating under a charitable
solicitation permit have been or are being diverted from the purposes for which
they are collected, or have been secured by misrepresentation, the person or
organization involved is subject to investigation by the city secretary, and may
require the person or organization to file an immediate account of its receipts
and expenditures.
(b) The city secretary may execute in writing and cause to be served upon a
person who is believed to have information, documentary material, or physical
evidence relevant to an alleged or suspected violation of this article, an
investigative demand requiring the person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a
report in writing setting forth the relevant facts or circumstances of which he
has knowledge, or to appear and testify or to produce relevant documentary
material or physical evidence for examination, at a reasonable time and place as
may be stated in the investigative demand, concerning a charitable solicitation
that is subject matter of an investigation.
(c) Failure or refusal to comply with an investigative demand made pursuant
to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section is a violation of this
ordinance.
SECTION 3: REVOCATION OF PERMIT
(a) The city secretary shall revoke a charitable solicitation of a
permittee for anyone or more of the following reasons:
(1) Making of a false statement as to a material matter in an
application or hearing concerning an application;
(2) The making of a false statement or misrepresentation to a member
of the public with regard to the solicitation activity
(3) Violation of any of the terms or conditions of the charitable
solicitation permit;
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(4) Violation of a provision of this ordinance;
(5) The representation by a permittee that the charitable
solicitation permit is an endorsement or recommendation of the
cause for which the solicitation is being conducted.
(b) The city secretary shall send written notice of a revocation to the
permittee by certified mail, return receipt requested, setting forth the reasons
for the revocation.
SECTION 4: PROHIBITED CONDUCT
A person engaged in charitable solicitation either door-to-door or in a
public place shall not:
(1) Obstruct or impede the passage of a pedestrian or vehicle;
(2) Make physical contact with the person being solicited unless that
person's permission is obtained.
(3) Misrepresent the charitable purpose of the solicitation; or
(4) Misrepresent the charitable affiliation of those engaged in the
solicitation.
SECTION 5: BONDING REQUIRED
An organization described in Section one of Article two shall, at time of
application, submit a bond in the penal sum of $10,000.00, and signed as surety,
by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Texas; conditioned
for the final delivery of goods, wares, merchandise or services, in accordance
with the terms of any order obtained prior to delivery, and also conditioned to
indemnify any and all purchasers or customers for any and all defects in
material or workmanship that may exist in the article sold by the principal of
said bond, at the time of delivery, and that may be discovered by such purchaser
or customer, within 30 days after delivery, and which bond shall be for the use
and benefit of all persons, firms or corporations that may make any purchase or
give any order to the principal on said bond, or to an agent or employee of the
principal. Provided that in case applicant is a person, firm, company,
partnership, corporation or association engaging in any activity mentioned in
paragraph two hereof through one or more agents or employees, such persons, firm
company, partnership, corporation or association shall be required to center
into only one bond, in the sum of $10,000.00 as above required, which bond shall
be made to cover the activities of all its agents or employees.
SECTION 6: PERMIT SHALL ISSUE WITHOUT FEE
In the event an organization shall qualify as a charitable organization, as
defined in Article two Section one of this ordinance no fee shall be attached to
the issuance of such permit for solicitations.
ARTICLE III. RELIGIOUS SOLICITATION
SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS
(a) Religious solicitation means conduct whereby a person, organization,
society, corporation, or its agent, member or representative:
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(1) Solicits property, financial aid, gifts in money, or any article
representing monetary value; or,
(2) Sells or offers to sell a product, article, tag, service, or
printed material; on the plea or presentation, whether express or
implied, that the proceeds from the solicitation or sale are for
the religious purpose.
(b) Religious purpose means the use of money or property for the support of
a church, religious society, or other religious sect, group or order.
(c) Public place means any property open or devoted to public use.
(d) Door-to-door means private residences and business of persons who are
both unknown to the person soliciting and not members of the church,religious
society or other religious sect, group or order on whose behalf the solicitation
is performed.
SECTION 2: REGISTRATION; IDENTIFICATION BADGE
(a) A person who engages in religious solicitation door-to-door in a public
place shall first register with the city secretary, giving the following
information:
(1) Name of registrant;
(2) Name of organization;
(3) Duration and locations of proposed solicitations; and
(4) Number of participants
(b) Registration expires after one year and must be renewed annually. If a
change occurs in any of the information submitted with the registration, the
person or organization shall notify the city secretary of the change.
(c) A person shall wear an easily readable identification badge meeting the
requirements of subsection (c) while engaged in religious solicitation in a
public place.
(d) The identification badge required by subsection (b) must:
(1) Be in a form prescribed by the city secretary;
(2) Identify the name of the organization as registered with the city
secretary; and
(3) Contain the statement "Religious Solicitation".
(e) If a person, organization society, or corporation conducting a
religious solicitation obtains a charitable solicitation permit in compliance
with Article two of this chapter, that persons, organization, society, or
corporation is not required to comply with the requirements of this section.
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SECTION 3: PROHIBITED CONDUCT
A person engaged in religious solicitation door-to-door or in a public
place shall not:
(a) Obstruct or impede the passage of a pedestrian or vehicle;
(b) Make physical contact with the person being solicited unless that
person's permission is obtained;
(c) Misrepresent the religious purpose of the solicitation; or
(d) Misrepresent the religious affiliation of those engaged in the
solicitation
SECTION 4: FEES
In the event an organization shall qualify as a religious organization, as
defined in Article three Section one no fee shall attach to the issuance of the
permit for solicitation.
ARTICLE IV. SOLICITATION GENERALLY
SECTION 1: EXHIBITING CARD PROHIBITING SOLICITORS
(a) A person, desiring that no merchant or other person engage in a home
solicitation at his residence, shall exhibit in a conspicuous place upon or near
the main entrance to the residence, a weatherproof card, not less than three (3)
inches by four (4) inches in size, containing the words, "NO SOLICITORS". The
letters shall be not less than two-thirds (2/3) of an inch in height.
(b) Every itinerant merchant and charitable solicitor upon going into any
premises upon which a residence is located shall first examine the residence to
determine if any notice prohibiting soliciting is exhibited upon or near the
main entrance to the residence. If notice prohibiting soliciting is exhibited,
the merchant or solicitor shall immediately depart from the premises, without
disturbing the occupant, unless the visit is the result of a request made by the
occupant.
(c) No person shall go upon any residential premises and ring the doorbell,
or rap or knock upon the door or create any sound in a manner calculated to
attract the attention of the occupant of the residence, for the purpose of
securing an audience with the occupant and engaging in or attempting to engage i
charitable solicitation or sale of merchandise as an itinerant merchant
transaction, if a card as described in subsection (a) above is exhibited in a
conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance to the residence, unless the
visit is the result of a request made by the occupant.
Cd) No person, other than
deface, or render illegible,
subsection (a) above.
the occupant of the residence, shall remove,
a card placed by the occupant pursuant to
(e) Any merchant or charitable solicitor who has gained entrance to a
residence, or audience with the occupant, whether invited or not, shall
immediately depart from the premises without disturbing the occupant further
when requested to leave by the occupant.
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SECTION 2: HOURS OF SOLICITATION
No itinerant merchant, vendor, peddler, solicitor or salesman as these
terms are defined in this ordinance shall go from house to house or from place
to place in this city soliciting, selling or peddling between the hours of 7:30
p.m. and 8:30 a.m., and it is hereby made a violation of this ordinance and is a
punishable offense.
SECTION 3: SOLICITING IN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
No person shall stand or walk on any street or highway (as defined by the
traffic laws of the State of Texas) for the purpose of soliciting funds or for
advertising or selling merchandise or services.
SECTION 4: PENALTIES; CIVIL REMEDIES, LICENSE FORFEITURE
(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as
provided in section IV4; each day such violation continues shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense.
(b) In case of any willful violation of any of the terms and provisions of
this chapter, the city, in addition to imposing the penalties above provided,
may institute any appropriate action or proceeding in any court having proper
jurisdiction, to restrain, correct or abate such violations; and the definition
of any violation of the terms of this chapter as a misdemeanor, shall not
preclude the city from invoking the civil remedies given it by the laws of the
state, but same shall be cumulative and subject to prosecution as hereinabove
prescribed for such violations.
(c) Each day's engaging in the business regulated by this chapter without
the payment of the fee due thereon, and procuring a receipt, or license,
therefore, and each day's failure to comply with any of the other provisions of
this chapter, shall constitute a separate offense, and the person so found
guilty of such violation, or failing to comply with the provisions hereof, shall
upon conviction be punished therefor as hereinabove provided; provided, the
court trying said cause shall have the right and power upon conviction of any
person for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter to decree, and
made the same a part of the judgment in such cause a forfeiture of such license
as such person may have procured hereunder. However, in the event of such
forfeiture of license, no part of such license fee as may have been so paid
shall be refunded to such persons, and no further license shall be issued to
such person for the remaining period of such license year under this chapter.
SECTION 5: FINES
Any person, firm or corporation violating any portion of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined not less than ten ($10.00)
dollars nor more than $1,000.00 dollars.
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SECTION 6: SEVERANCE CLAUSE
Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this ordinance
has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of
North Richland Hills, and each said provision would have been separately passed
without any other provision, and if any provision hereof should be ineffective,
invalid, or unconstitutional for any cause, it shall not impair, nor affect the
remaining portion nor any other part thereof, but the valid portion shall be
enforced just as if it had been passed alone, and all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication as provided by
law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 27th day of June
1988.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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ATTORNEY
City of J\8rth Richland Hills~ Texas
June 28, 1988
PLEASE PUBLISH - JULY 3, 1988
ORDINANCE NO. 1550
An Ordinance regulating itinerant merchants within the City of
North Richland Hills, Texas; requiring a permit to engage in the business
of itinerant merchant; requiring a bond; requiring certain fees; providing
for certain exemptions; setting forth procedures and requirements;
governing charitable solicitation; prohibiting certain conduct; governing
religious solicitation; governing solicitation generally; providing for
a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 for violation of this
Ordinance and providing for a savings clause.
Passed and approved this 27th day of June, 1988 by the City
Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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Approved as to Form and Legality:
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Attorney for the - ity
(817) 281-()041 17301 N.E. LOOP 820/P.O. BOX 18609/NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76180