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Lovington, NM Code of Ordinances
CITY OF LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO CODE OF ORDINANCES
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 RESERVED
Title 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 RESERVED
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC SERVICES
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 SUBDIVISION OF LAND
Title 17 ZONING
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR NEW MEXICO MUNICIPALITIES
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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5.56.060   Nomination of city manager as lawful agent.
   Before any license, as provided in this chapter, shall be issued for engaging in business as an itinerant merchant in the city, the applicant shall file with the city manager an instrument nominating and appointing the city manager or person performing the duties of such position, his true and lawful agent with full power and authority to acknowledge service or notice of process for and on behalf of the applicant in respect to any matters connected with or arising out of the business transacted under the license and the bond given as required by Section 5.56.050 or for the performance of the conditions of the bond or for any breach thereof. Such instrument shall also contain recitals to the effect that the applicant for the license consents and agrees that service of any notice or process may be made upon such agent and when so made shall be taken and held to be as valid as if personally served upon the person applying for the license under this chapter, according to the law of this or any other state, and waiving all claim or right of error by reason of such acknowledgment of service or manner of service. Immediately upon service of process upon the city manager, as provided in this chapter, the city manager shall send to the licensee at his last known address, by registered mail, a copy of such process. (Amended during 1992 codification: Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code § 24-2-15)
5.56.070   License-Issuance.
   The city clerk shall issue to any applicant a license authorizing him to sell and exhibit for sale his goods and merchandise if such applicant has fully complied with all of the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code § 24-2-4)
5.56.080   Recordkeeping.
   A.   The city clerk shall keep a full record in his or her office of all licenses issued. Such record shall contain the number of the license, the date the license is issued, the nature of the business authorized to be carried on, the amount of the license fee paid, the expiration date of such license, the place where such business may be carried on under such license and the name of the person authorized to carry on such business.
   B.   The city clerk shall deposit the record of fingerprints of the licensee, together with the license number, with the chief of police. The chief of police shall report to the city clerk any complaints against any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter and any convictions for a violation of this chapter. The city clerk shall keep a record of all such licenses and of such complaints and violations. (Ord. 516, 2013; Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code §§ 24-2-6, 24-2-17)
5.56.090   Fees.
   Licensees under this chapter shall pay a fee of five hundred dollars which sum shall be compensation to the city for the administration, enforcement and other services required by this chapter. (Ord. 467 (part), 2005: Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code § 24-2-9)
5.56.100   License-Nontransferability.
   No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable. (Ord. 467 (part), 2005: Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code § 24-2-10)
5.56.110   License-Expiration.
   A license issued under this chapter shall continue and be in force for a period not to exceed seven consecutive days for the sale of goods or merchandise between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., which license shall expire at 8:00 p.m. on the seventh day. The fee required shall not be prorated or refunded. (Ord. 508, 2013; Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code § 24-2-14)
5.56.120   Licenses-Posting required.
   A.   Transient or itinerant merchants and vendors issued a license under this chapter shall have their license prominently displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises where all sales exhibits are being conducted and shall remain so displayed so long as all merchandise is being sold in exhibit. Separate license shall be obtained for each place of business and shall be prominently displayed in each business location.
   B.   Solicitors issued a license under this chapter shall carry his or her license with him or her at all times while engaged in soliciting and shall display the same to any person who demands to see such license while he or she is so engaged. (Ord. 516, 2013; Ord. 314 Exh. A (part), 1982: prior code § 24-2-8)
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