Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - File #: 0924-13

• File #: 0924-13
• Version: 1
• Name: Itinerant Merchant Ordinance Amendment
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 8/21/2013
• In control: Urban County Council
• On agenda: 9/12/2013
• Final action: 9/12/2013
• Enactment date: 9/12/2013
• Enactment #: O-106-2013
• Title: An Ordinance creating Section 15-12 of the Code of Ordinances, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government pertaining to the general regulation of itinerant merchants, peddlers, and door-to-door sales and providing for general conduct, public safety, transient merchant registration, parking restrictions, maintenance, garbage and recycling requirements, noise and lighting restrictions; hours of operation from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. or later; location restrictions for peddlers and itinerant merchants with additional restrictions for itinerant merchants; no sales by itinerant merchants on public property; creating Section 15-13 of the Code of Ordinances providing for exceptions for mobile food unit vendors, wholesalers, bazaars, malls, yard and garage sales, and not-for-profits; and creating Section 15-14 of the Code of Ordinances providing for a penalty in an amount not to exceed $250.00; all effective thirty (30) days from passage. [Council Office, Maynard]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/12/2013	1	Urban County Council	Amended	Pass
9/12/2013	1	Urban County Council	Approved	Pass
8/29/2013	1	Urban County Council	Received First Reading
8/20/2013	1	Urban County Council Work Session	Approved and Referred to Docket	Pass

Title
An Ordinance creating Section 15-12 of the Code of Ordinances, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government pertaining to the general regulation of itinerant merchants, peddlers, and door-to-door sales and providing for general conduct, public safety, transient merchant registration, parking restrictions, maintenance, garbage and recycling requirements, noise and lighting restrictions; hours of operation from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. or later; location restrictions for peddlers and itinerant merchants with additional restrictions for itinerant merchants; no sales by itinerant merchants on public property; creating Section 15-13 of the Code of Ordinances providing for exceptions for mobile food unit vendors, wholesalers, bazaars, malls, yard and garage sales, and not-for-profits; and creating Section 15-14 of the Code of Ordinances providing for a penalty in an amount not to exceed $250.00; all effective thirty (30) days from passage. [Council Office, Maynard]
Summary
Itinerant Merchant Ordinance Amendment
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 15-12 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is created and enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 15-12. Requirements - peddlers and itinerant merchants.

(a) General Requirements. In addition to the licensing and other general requirements contained in the code of ordinances relating to peddlers and itinerant merchants, each such business shall also comply with the following requirements at all times while conducting business in Fayette County:

(1) All applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations pertaining to their conduct and operations.

(2) Operate in a manner that ensures the sa...