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ATTO-NEYS
3431 W. STREET
McHENRY, ILLINOIS
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MC 23
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PEDDLING ON j
THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF McHENRY f
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, an Illinois municipal corpora-
tion, has been delegated the power to adopt regulations as to use of the
streets of the City of McHenry by Articles 11-80-1 to 11-80-22 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, Illinois Revised Statutes 1965, Chapter 24;
and
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry has been given the power to
prohibit peddlers within the corporate limits by Article 11-42-5 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, Illinois Revised Statutes 1965, Chapter 24;
and
WHEREAS, the peddling of food, ice cream, merchandise, or
similar products by vendors on the streets and sidewalks has created,
and would continue to create, a traffic hazard and health problems;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of
the City of McHenry that the Municipal Code of the City of McHenry be,
and hereby is, amended by the addition thereto of a new Article XVIII
in Chapter 12, "Miscellaneous Provisions", as follows:
Section 1. Finding of Facts. That all of the matters
hereinbefore recited are hereby f ound to state true and
correct facts.
Section 2. Peddling Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to
pe dle within the City of McHenry, McHenry County,
Illinoi s.
Section 3. Definition. Peddle shall mean the selling,
artering or exchanging or the offering for sale, barter
or exchange of any tangible personal property upon or
along the streets, highways or public places of the City
or from house to house, whether at one place thereon
or from place to place, from any wagon, truck, pushcart
or other vehicle or from movable receptacles of any kind,
but shall not include the delivery of any item previously
ordered or the sale of items along delivery routes where
the purchaser has previously requested the seller to stop
and exhibit his items. Nor shall peddle be taken to include
the solicitation of orders by sample where the goods are
not delivered at the time the order is taken.
Section 4. Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation
who is adjudged guilty of violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($1(100)
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nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200. 00) for each
offense and each day that this offense. continues shall
constitute a separate offense hereunder.
Section 5. Validity. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,
or part of this Ordinance is declared by a Court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof,
other than the part so declared to be invalid.
Section 6. Ordinance. This Ordinance shall be known as
Ordinance No. MC- 3.
Section 7. When Effective - Repeal. This Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after its passage as
required by law, and all parts of ordinances conflicting
with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.
January
Passed and approved this cum day of 1966.
Mayor
Attest:
Ciffv Clerk
Voting Aye:
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Voting Na-ye:/
Absent: O r
LOOZE & KINNE
ATTOON EYS
3431 W STREET
McHENRY, ILLINOIS
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