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776r' ~~' earl ~ `~ J ,\ ~~ ~~, ~d ORDINANCE N0. ~/ / fir. AN ORDINANCE DECLARING PEDDLINt3 AND SOLICITING A NUISANCE; PROYIDIN(~ A P.6,NALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; DECLARING AN EI~RGENCY; AND F01t OTHER PURPOSES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COtAiCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, i err. ARKANSAS: Section 1. Peddling and Soliciting Declared a,Huisanca - The practice of going in and upon private residences in the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise, not having been xe~uested Qr invited so to do by the owner or owners, occupant or pccupanta of said private residences, fox the purpose of soliciting orders fox the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, and/or far the purpose of disposing of snd/©r peddling or hawking the same, and/or rendering of service, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and punishable as such nuisance as a misdemeanor, except charitable organizations designs-ted ga such by Mayor and C~.ty Council. Section 2. 3uppressiori of Nuisaxice - ~.'he Chief of Police oP the City of West Memphis is hereby xequired and d~.rected to suppress the same and to abate any such nuisance as is desoribed in the first section of this ordinanoe. Section ~ Penalt~-, Any person conrricted of perpetrating a nuisance as described and prohibited in the first section of this ordinance, upon conviction thereof shall be guilty of a a-iademeanor. Section ~+. Emergency Clause. It being determined that there axe many persons going in and about and upon the streets of the City of West Memphis and upon private proper'°ty, peddling and soliciting items of various kinds, many of which are dangerous; that many people Have been cheated,, wronged, and defrauded of their money and goods by unauthorized aolioitors; that many people are annoyed by solieit+ors ringing doorbel~.s, l~nacking on doors and disturbing the peace and quietude of many residents of the City of West Memphis at all hours of the day and night; that many solicitors are persistent in their effort to sell; that many coa~lainta have b®en made to the City Council of the City oP West Memphis and the Police Force of atanoyance by solicitors and that such annoyance exists to such an extent that an emergency is declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this 17th day of May, 1973. n ..~.., Qom( J l,-~, MAYOR ATTEB~: CI•i CiiC~i7{~ i