110-83 Amend 741.05 (a) - Business Reg- solicitation hrs

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ORDINANCE NO. 110-83 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to amend Paragraph (a) of Section 741.05 of the Business Regulation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to permit solicitation to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday by persons solicit- ing in conjunction with an authorized Lakewood school activity. WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of this Council that a substan- tial amount of home solicitation is done by students soliciting on behalf of a school activity, and WHEREAS, due to required attendance at school, the present hours during which solicitation is permitted are too restrictive for said students and the school organizations which they represent, and WHEREAS, this Council determines that the hours during which solicita- tion relating to school activities is permitted could be extended to 8:30 p.m. without jeopardy to the solicitors and/or the residents of the community, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public safety, and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO, Section 1. That Paragraph (a) of Section 751.05 of the Business Regu- lation Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, now reading as follows: 741.05 RESTRICTIONS. Every person to whom a license to solicit and/or canvass is issued under the terms of this chapter shall be governed by the following rules and regulations: (a) No person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall canvass or Solicit except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. In addition, no person shall canvass or solicit on any legal holiday. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 741.05 RESTRICTIONS. Every person to whom a license to solicit and/or canvass is issued or a person registered with the Director of Public Safety under the terms of this chapter shall be governed by the following rules and regulations: (a) No person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall canvass or solicit except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday; provided, however, persons soliciting in conjunction with a Lakewood school activity may solicit up to 8:30 p.m. on said days. In addition, no person shall canvass or solicit on any legal holiday. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.