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ORDINANCE NO, 2017-217
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS
OF CHAPTER 16 RELATING TO LICENSES, PERMITS, AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS
BY AMENDING SECTION 16-73 TO CHANGE THE HOURS FOR HOME SOLICITATION;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
$500 FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
SECTION 1. Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City ("Licenses, Permits, and
111',usiness Regulations") be and the same is hereby amended by amending subsection (a)(1) of
Section •- • for home solicitation" to read as follows:
Sec. 16-73. Hours for home solicitation.
(a) A person shall not go •# any residential • and ring the doorbell • rap •
knock upon the •## or create any sound in a manner calculated to attract the attention of
the occupant of the residence for the purpose of engaging in or attempting to engage in a
home solicitation transaction:
(1) Before 9:00 a.m, or after the earlier of dusk or 9:00 p.m. Monday through
Friday, or
(2) Before 10:00 a.m. or after the earlier of dusk or 9:00 p.m. Saturday or Sunday;
(c) This section shall not apply to a visit to the premises as a result of a request or an
appointment made by the occupant.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such,remaining portions despite any invalidity.
SECTION 3. Save and except as amended hereby, all the provisions, sections,
subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of the Code of Ordinances shall remain
in full force and effect.
S.E.Q.T.1,01NA. Any person found liable of violating this ordinance by a court of competent
jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per offense per day.
Each day that a provision of this ordinance is violated shall constitute a separate •
SECTION 5. This ordinance providing for a penalty shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption
of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton Record -Chronicle, the official newspaper
of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this theday 1, L:.'........., 2017.
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CHRIS WATTS, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY: ......
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
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