Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-360

ORDINANCE NO. 367 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATION AND REVENUE, PEDDLERS, AS HEREIN DEFINED, IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS; FIXING THE FEES THEREFOR AND OTHER CHARGES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 160 AND ORDINANCE NO. 213, AND ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATING THERETO. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. PERMIT AND LICENSE REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of peddler as defined in Section 2 of this ordinance within the corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas without first obtaining a permit and license therefor as provided herein. Section 2. DEFINITIONS (a) The word "person" as used herein shall include the singular and the plural and shall also mean and include any person, firm, or corporation, association, club copartnership or society, or any other organization. (b) The word "peddler" as used herein shall include any person, whether a resident of the City of Las Vegas or not, travelling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, garden truck, farm products or provisions, offering and exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers, provided that one who solicits orders and as a separate transaction makes deliveries to purchasers as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a peddler subject to the provisions of this ordinance. The word "peddler" shall include the words "hawker" and huckster." Section 3. APPLICATION. Applicants for permit and license under this ordinance must file with the City Clerk a sworn application in writing (in duplicate) on a form to be furnished by the City Clerk, which shall give the following information: (a) Name and description of the applicant: (b) Address (legal and local); (c) A brief description of the nature of the business and the goods to be sold and in the case of products of farm or orchard, whether produced or grown by the applicant; (d) If employed, the name and address of the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship; (e) The quarterly period for which the right to do business is desired; (f) If a vehicle is to be used, a description of the same, together with license number or other manes of identification. (g) A photograph of the applicant, taken within sixty (60) days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, which picture shall be 2" by 2" showing the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner; (h) The fingerprints of the applicant and the names of at least two reliable property owners of the County of Clark, State of Nevada, who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business responsibility, or, in lieu of the names of references, any other available evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant as will enable an investigator to properly evaluate such character and business responsibility; (i) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor; (j) Applicant shall file with his application a statement by a reputable physician of the City of Las Vegas dated not more than ten (10) days prior to submission of the application, certifying the ap­plicant to be free of infectious, contagious, or communicable disease. (k) At the time of filing the application, a fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars shall be paid to the City Clerk to cover the cost of investigation. Section 4. INVESTIGATION AND ISSUANCE. (a) Upon receipt of such application, the original shall be referred to the Chief of Police, who shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character to be made as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good. (b) If as a result of such investigation the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application his disapproval and his reasons for the same, and return the said application to the City Clerk, who shall notify the applicant that his application is disapproved and that no permit and license will be issued. (c) If as a result of such investigation, the character and business responsibility of the ap­plicant are found to be satisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on the application his approval, execute a permit addressed to the applicant for the carrying on of the business applied for and return said permit, along with the application to the City Clerk, who shall, upon payment of the prescribed license fee, deliver to the applicant his permit and issue a license. Such license shall contain the signature and seal of the issuing officer and shall show the name, address and photograph of said licensee, the class of license issued and the kind of good to be sold thereunder, the amount of fee paid, the date of issuance and the quarterly period for which the same shall be operative, as well as the license number and other identifying description of any vehicle used in such peddling. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued.