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Riverdale, IA Code of Ordinances
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RIVERDALE, IOWA
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 8 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 22 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 30 CONTRACT LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
CHAPTER 46 MINORS
CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48 FACILITY AND PARK RENTAL PROCEDURES AND FEES
CHAPTER 49 MOWING OF PROPERTIES
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 OUTDOOR LIGHTING
CHAPTER 53 NOISE CONTROL
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
CHAPTER 67 PEDESTRIANS
CHAPTER 68 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 69 PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 72 GOLF CARTS
CHAPTER 75 MULTI-USE RECREATIONAL TRAILS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE
CHAPTER 91 WATER SERVICE LINES
CHAPTER 95 WASTEWATER FACILITIES
CHAPTER 96 SEWER/UTILITES REVIEW COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 100 STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
CHAPTER 101 ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION AND ELIMINATION
CHAPTER 102 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 103 POST-CONSTRUCTION EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
CHAPTER 123 HOUSE MOVERS
CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 137 STREET GRADES
CHAPTER 138 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 139 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 146 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES
CHAPTER 155 CONSTRUCTION CODE
CHAPTER 160 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 122
PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
122.01 Purpose
122.11 Time Restriction
122.02 Definitions
122.12 Revocation of License
122.03 License Required
122.13 Notice
122.04 Application for License
122.14 Hearing
122.05 License Fees
122.15 Record and Determination
122.06 Bonds Required
122.16 Appeal
122.07 Agent for Service of Process
122.17 Effect of Revocation
122.08 License Issued
122.18 Rebates
122.09 Display of License
122.19 License Exemptions
122.10 License Not Transferable
122.20 Charitable and Nonprofit Organizations
 
122.01 PURPOSE.
The purpose of this chapter is to protect residents of the City against fraud, unfair competition and intrusion into the privacy of their homes by licensing and regulating peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants.
122.02 DEFINITIONS.
For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
   1.   “Peddler” means any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale for immediate delivery such goods or merchandise from house to house or upon the public street.
   2.   “Solicitor” means any person who solicits or attempts to solicit from house to house or upon the public street any contribution or donation or any order for goods, services, subscriptions or merchandise to be delivered at a future date.
   3.   “Transient merchant” means any person who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business and in the course of such business hires, leases or occupies any building or structure whatsoever, or who operates out of a vehicle which is parked anywhere within the City limits. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer does not exempt any person from being considered a transient merchant.
122.03 LICENSE REQUIRED.
Any person engaging in peddling, soliciting or in the business of a transient merchant in the City without first obtaining a license as herein provided is in violation of this chapter.
122.04 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
An application in writing shall be filed with the Clerk for a license under this chapter. Such application shall set forth the applicant’s name, permanent and local address and business address if any. The application shall also set forth the applicant’s employer, if any, and the employer’s address, the nature of the applicant’s business, the last three places of such business and the length of time sought to be covered by the license. An application fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be paid at the time of filing such application to cover the cost of investigating the facts stated therein.
122.05 LICENSE FEES.
The following license fees shall be paid to the Clerk prior to the issuance of any license.
   1.   Solicitors. In addition to the application fee for each person actually soliciting (principal or agent), a fee for the principal of ten dollars ($10.00) per year.
   2.   Peddlers or Transient Merchants.
      A.   For one day               $   5.00
      B.   For one week            $   25.00
      C.   For up to six (6) months         $   100.00
      D.   For one year or major part thereof   $   125.00
122.06 BONDS REQUIRED.
   1.   Transient Merchants. Before a license under this chapter is issued to a transient merchant, an applicant shall provide to the Clerk evidence that the applicant has filed a bond with the Secretary of State in accordance with Chapter 9C of the Code of Iowa.
   2.   Surety Bond. Before a license under this chapter is issued, each principal shall post a bond, by a surety company authorized to engage in the business of insuring the fidelity of others in Iowa, in the amount of $1,000.00, with the Clerk, to the effect that the registrant and the surety shall consent to the forfeiture of the principal sum of the bond or such part thereof as may be necessary:
      A.   To indemnify the City for any penalties or costs occasioned by the enforcement of this chapter and
      B.   To make payment of any judgment rendered against the registrant as a result of a claim or litigation arising out of or in connection with such registrant’s peddling or solicitation.
Said bond shall not be retired until after a lapse of one year from the expiration of the license which it covers.
122.07 AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Before the license is issued, the applicant shall first sign an appointment naming the Clerk as agent of the licensee for service of process in the event of claim or litigation against such registrant arising out of or in connection with any peddling or solicitation.
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