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OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NUMBER , SECOND SERIES <br />AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 5.30 ADOPTED APRIL 1, 1984, <br />AND ORDINANCE NO. 50, SECOND SERIES ADOPTED APRIL 25, 1988, AN <br />ORDINANCE RELATING TO SOLICITOR AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS <br />The following is the official summary of Ordinance <br />Number _ _ _, Second Series approved by the City Council of the <br />City of Orono on August 13, 1990. <br />Thf following Subdivisions have been amended or added. <br />Subdivision 2. Definitions. <br />E. "Established place" means a building and its real <br />estate that constitute a principal use unde the zoning code in <br />the City owned, leased or occupied on a month-to-month or term- <br />certain longer than sixty (60) consecutive days subject to all <br />applicable zoning ordinances. The term includes a booth, <br />compartment, or area leased or assigned during and for the length <br />of an event or occasion. <br />F. "Business solicitiation" means an attempt by a <br />solicitor, which is not a transient merchant activity, engaging <br />in transactions of the same kind, to se13 or distribute for a <br />consideration any goods or services primarily for personal, <br />family, or household purposes, when either the solicitor or <br />person acting for him contacts the solicitee by telephone or in <br />person, other than at the established place of business or <br />solicitor, except: (1) an attempted solicitation in which the <br />solicitee personally knows the identity of the solicitor, the <br />name of the busing*?? firm or organization he represents, and the <br />identity or kino.- ot goods, services or things of value offered; <br />or, (2) an attempted solicitation in which the solicitee has <br />first initiated the contract with the solicitor; or, (3) an <br />attempted solicitation of a newspaper subscription in which the <br />solicitor is a minor child engaged in both the delivery and sale <br />of the newspaper; or, (4) an attempted solicitation for the sa.Tes <br />of products of a farm or garden occupied or cultivated by the <br />solicitor, when facts of such occupancy or cultivation are proven <br />by the solicitor. <br />Subdivision 3. <br />Merchant Practices. <br />Prohibited solicitation and Tranjieut <br />H. A transient merchant can only be licensed for a <br />maximum of 10 days per year. <br />A printed copy of the ordinance is available for <br />inspection by any person at the office of the City Clerk.