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IL 62190,A TO: FROM: DATS: Mayor and City Council Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator July 20, 1990 SUBJ^?CT: Transient Merchants mm JU!. 23 1990 nry nr Attachment: A. Transient Merchants Memo Dated 6/14/90 (Memo Only) B. Survey of Communities - Transient Merchants Dated 7/17/90 C. Ordinance 5.30 ISSUE - 1. Presentation to Council renarding information of transient merchants regulation and alterr tives. 2. Allow Council the opportunity to determine what regulation they may desire of transient merchants. INTRODUCTION - Council at the the June 25, 1990 meeting requested that the staff come back within a month with recommendation on dealing with transient merchants. DISCUSSION - The City has not had a substantial amount of transient merchants conducting business outside of a permanent place of business to any great degree. However, there have been a couple of perennial vendors, including Mr. Penke, over the last four or five years. In addition they are increasing requests to allow such an itinerant vending of merchandise. Attachment B represents a survey of the different ways the surrounding cities handle these types of merchants. The City's ordinance does set forth three categories under its solicitation ordinance: Business Solicltion - This is a person who sells a product or BerVIc98~Irom other than an established place of business. Contribution Solicitor - These are persons generally affiliated witlTcharitable religious or public interest groups who uses a telephone or goes door to door soliciting contributions. Transient Merchants - These are persons who are merchandTsing Frcwa one location with patrons OTming to that location to obtain their products rather than they going door to door. As you may recall the term transient merchants was defined back