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/~ ,' ORDINANCE N0. 84- 16 ~` INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Fred N. Carmen AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 739.06(b) OF THE CODIFIED ORDI- NANCES OF MAYF IELD V ILLAGE, OH I0, PERTAINING TO APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CANVASSERS AND SOLICITORS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. WHEREAS, the Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio, enacted Ordinance No. 78-34 on August 29, 1978, said Ordinance enacting Chapter 739 of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, entitled "Solicitations at Private Residences"; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid Chapter 739 provided, in part, in Section 739.06 that canvassers and solicitors at private residences are restricted in their activities in that canvassing and soliciting is permissible only between the hours of 10:00 A.M, and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday; and WHEREAS, recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and other federal courts, pertaining to the issue of canvassers and solicitors have indicated that '°reasonable hours" must be established in regulating canvassers and solicitors; and WHEREAS, said Federal Court decisions have further indicated that the provisions for "reasonable hours" must take into account the working schedules of families occupying residences within the munici- pality enacting such ordinances, and must further recognize that many families are two income families with husbands and wives both working full-time schedules; and WHEREAS, in taking into account the working schedules, the aforesaid Federal Court decisions have strongly indicated that canvassers and solicitors should be permitted to conduct their activi- ties into the evening hours, stating that proper police registration and regulation will provide the necessary safeguards for the health, safety and welfare of the residents that might otherwise be endangered by unregulated canvassers and solicitors; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. Section 739.06(b) of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, is hereby amended to read as follows: (Deleted material appears like ~h~~ and new material appears like THIS)