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? T ' • CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE N0. 88-94 BY: Councilman Ron Tallon AN ORDINANCE CREATING NEW AND REVISED CHAPTER 721 OF THE NORTH OLMSTED CODIFIED ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, CANVASSERS, AND TRANSIENT VENDORS" AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, this Council has this summer received a number of complaints from City residents concerning the business activities and conduct of transient vendors within the City of North Olmsted; and WHEREAS, this Council wishes to regulate the said business activity of transient vendors in order to protect the resident consumers and further, to protect the aesthetics of the business community along and about Lorain Road; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City of North Olmsted, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio: Section 1.: That there be and hereby is created new and revised Chapter 721 of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances, entitled "Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, and Transient Vendors" which shall read as follows: CHAPTER 721 Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, and Transient Vendors 721.01 DEFINITIONS; EXCEPTION. ' (a) "Solicitor", "canvassser", "peddler" or "hawker" shall mean any person who sells or offers for sale within the City any goods or chattels of any kind, nature or description by going from house to house or from place to place through the streets of the City with such goods or chattels on his person or in his possession or under his control, or who sells by subscription or by taking orders for future delivery of goods or chattels of any kind, nature or description. This definition shall not apply to or include minors under the age of eighteen years. (b) "Transient Vendor" shall mean any person who, in.the usual course of his business, transports inventory, stock of goods, or similar tangible personal property to a temporary place of business within the City in which