1968-020AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY OR ITINERANT
BUSINESSES, PROVIDING A LICENSE FEE THEREFOR, PROVIDING A PEN-
ALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTIQN I
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas,
is hereby amended by substituting new Section 20-53 and new
Section 20-54 in Chapter 20 of said Code which Sections shall
hereafter read as follows
Section 20-53 LICENSE - REQUIRED
It shall be unlawful for any person to go from house to house,
or from place to place, or to set up and operate a temporary or
~t3nerant business wlthln the premises of another bus3ness or any
other building or location, in the City, sollcltlng, selling or
tak3ng orders for, or offering to sell or take orders for,my
goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, newspapers,
magaz3nes, or subscriptions to newspapers or magazines, w3thout
hawng f~rst applied for and obtained a license so to do from
the City Secretary
Section 20-54 SAME APPLICATION, CONTENTS
Any person desiring to go from house to house or from place
to place, or to set up and operate a temporary or itinerant bus-
iness within the premises of another business or any other build-
lng or location, in the City, to sell or sollclt orders for goods,
wares, merchandise, services, photographs, newspapers, magaz3nes,
or subscr3ptlons to newspapers or magazines, shall make written
application to the C~ty Secretary at least seven (7) days prior
to the date 3n which such person ~ntends to sell or solicit in
the City, for a license so to do, which application shall show
the following
(1) The name and address of applicant
(2) The name and address of the person, firm or corporation
~f any, that he represents and the kind of goods offered
for sale
(3) Whether such applicant upon any such sale or order shall
demand, accept or receive payment or deposit of money
in advance of final delivery
(4) The period of time such applicant w~shes to sell or sol-
iclt in the City
(5) Proof that applicant has a proper sales tax permit from
the comptroller of the State of Texas
(6} Any other reasonable and pertinent information which the
City Secretary may require
SECTION II
~hat all ordinances or parts ~f ordinances in ~orce when
the prows~ons of this ordinance become effective which are
consistent or in conflict with the terms or prows~ons confined
in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such
conflict Sections 20-53 and 20-54 as existed prior to the enact-
ment hereof are hereby expressly repealed in their entirety
SECTION III
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or application there-
of to any person or c~rcumstance ~s held invalid by any court
of competent Jurlsdlctlon, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the
C~ty Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
~nval~d~ty
SECTION IV
It shall be unlawful to violate any prowslon of th~s
ordinance, which hereby ~ncorporates Section 20-59 of the Code
as ~f set out in full here~n
SECTION V
That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of ~ts passage, and the City Secretary
hereby d~rected to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published twice ~n the Denton Record-Chronicle w~th~n ten {10)
days of the date of its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED this~f~/.~day of ~L~ ,
A D 1968
ATTEST
~, C~ty Secretary
C3ty of Denton, Texas
APPRO~D AS T~) LEGAL FORM
Jack/~Q Barton, City'q~l~torney
C~/of Denton, Texas