Title XI: Business Regulations

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="3" width=174 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="52eaac70.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <a href="http://www.amberalertindiana.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.amberalertindiana.com/showbutton.php" width="155" height="50" border="0"></a></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Bulletins"><U><IMG SRC="0558c320.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><U><IMG SRC="0578c320.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Government"><U><IMG SRC="0598c320.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><IMG SRC="05b8c320.jpg" border=0 width="140" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=157 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="52503780.jpg" border=0 width="771" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome Home"><U><IMG SRC="52676230.jpg" border=0 width="118" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><IMG SRC="52c6d230.jpg" border=0 width="109" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local News"><U><IMG SRC="52b69230.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Weather"><U><IMG SRC="52a6d230.jpg" border=0 width="109" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Links"><U><IMG SRC="5296f230.jpg" border=0 width="111" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><IMG SRC="52869230.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><IMG SRC="52772230.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=303 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Title XI: Business Regulations: Business Regulations</div> <div> <B>TITLE XI:  BUSINESS REGULATIONS</B></div> <bR> <div> Chapter</div> <bR> <div> 110.     GENERAL LICENSING PROVISIONS</div> <div> 111.     AMUSEMENTS</div> <div> 112.     JUNK YARDS</div> <div> 113.     HAWKERS, PEDDLERS AND ITINERANT MERCHANTS</div> <div> 114.     NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHAPTER 110:  GENERAL LICENSING PROVISIONS</B></div> <div> Section</div> <bR> <div> 110.01     Authority to license</div> <div> 110.02     Application and fee</div> <div> 110.03     Issuance and inspections</div> <div> 110.04     Duration of license; display required</div> <div> 110.05     Complaints, revocations or suspensions</div> <div> 110.06     Injunctions</div> <div> 110.07     License and permit fees</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 110.01  AUTHORITY TO LICENSE.</B></div> <div> The city has the authority to impose a license fee reasonably related to the administrative cost of exercising regulating power.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-1)</div> <div> Statutory reference:</div> <div> Authority of cities to license, see I.C. 36-1-3-8(a)(5)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>110.02  APPLICATION AND FEE.</B></div> <div> (A)     All applications for a permit or license under this chapter shall be referred by the Clerk-Treasurer to the Board of Public Works and Safety.</div> <div> (B)     Complete applications shall be accompanied by a $5 application fee.</div> <div> (C)     After examination, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall authorize the granting of a permit or license at the next regular meeting, unless good cause be shown why the permit or license should not be granted.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-2)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>110.03  ISSUANCE AND INSPECTIONS.</B></div> <div> (A)     Upon Board approval, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue licenses upon payment of the license fees and compliance with the applicable provisions of this Code.</div> <div> (B)     The Police Department shall inspect all places of business under license or required to have a license.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-3)</div> <div> Statutory reference:</div> <div> Authority of Clerk-Treasurer to issue licenses, see I.C. 36-4-10-4.5</div> <div> Authority of Police Department to do inspections and other duties, see I.C. 36-8-3-10</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 110.04  DURATION OF LICENSE; DISPLAY REQUIRED.</B></div> <div> (A)     All licenses issued under this chapter, unless specified otherwise on the license, shall be issued for the duration of the calendar year for which they were issued, and shall expire on December 31.</div> <div> (B)     Every person who is issued a license under the provisions of this chapter shall display the license at the location of the licensed activity being conducted, or if there are no premises, shall carry the license while engaged in the activity for which he has been licensed, and shall exhibit it to any city official or citizen upon request.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-4)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>110.05  COMPLAINTS, REVOCATIONS, OR SUSPENSIONS.</B></div> <div> (A)     The Mayor shall hear any complaint against a person to whom the city has issued a license.</div> <div> (B)     The Mayor may revoke or suspend any license if he finds, after proper notice and hearing, that the person has willfully violated a term or condition of his license, or has willfully done or permitted to be done an act in violation of a statute or provision of this Code.</div> <div> (C)     The Mayor shall file a copy of his findings and determination with the Clerk-Treasurer within 24 hours after it is made.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-5)</div> <div> Statutory reference:</div> <div> Hearing of complaints against persons licensed by the city, see I.C. 36-4-5-5</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 110.06  INJUNCTIONS.</B></div> <div> The city may bring a civil action to enjoin any person from doing the following:</div> <div> (A)     Violating an ordinance regulating or prohibiting a condition or use of property.</div> <div> (B)     Engaging in conduct without a license if an ordinance requires a license to engage in the conduct.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 110.07)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>110.07  LICENSE AND PERMIT FEES.</B></div> <div> Activity     Fee</div> <div> Carnival or circus     no fee</div> <div> Itinerant merchants     $10</div> <div> Junk yards     $50</div> <div> Parade     No Fee</div> <div> Scrap dealers     $50</div> <div> Solicitors     $10</div> <div> Traffic accident reports     $3</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-8)</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHAPTER 111:  AMUSEMENTS</B></div> <div> Section</div> <bR> <div> Parades, Carnivals and Circuses</div> <div> 111.01     Registration required</div> <div> 111.02     Application</div> <div> 111.03     Board review; insurance</div> <div> 111.04     License fee; issuance</div> <bR> <div> <B>PARADES, CARNIVALS AND CIRCUSES</B></div> <div> §<B> 111.01  REGISTRATION REQUIRED.</B></div> <div> Any person or group of  persons desiring to conduct a parade, circus, carnival, or other similar events within the city shall first file an application with the Clerk-Treasurer.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-12(a))  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 111.02  APPLICATION.</B></div> <div> The applicant shall list the name and address of the organization sponsoring the event, the proposed date(s) and location(s), the hours of operation, and procedures to be used for maintaining order, keeping the site clean and free of trash, papers or other debris, and parking and restroom facilities available.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-12(b))  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> § <B>111.03  BOARD REVIEW; INSURANCE.</B></div> <div> The     application shall be referred     to the Board of Public Works and Safety for review and recommendation. The Board may require the applicant to file a certificate of insurance indicating that there is in effect public liability insurance covering any damages arising out of the use and operation of any and all devices and facilities operated in connection with a carnival or circus. Insurance, if required, shall be in the minimum amount of $100,000 for each person, and $300,000 for each incident, and shall contain a clause holding the city harmless from any liability.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-12(c))</div> <bR> <div> § <B>111.04  LICENSE FEE, ISSUANCE.</B></div> <div> Upon the approval of the application by the Board, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a license upon payment of the proper license fee:</div> <div> Parade:                    No fee</div> <div> Carnival or Circus:     No fee</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-12(d))</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHAPTER 112:  JUNK YARDS</B></div> <bR> <div> Section</div> <div> 112.01     License required; fee</div> <div> 112.02     Fencing requirements</div> <div> 112.03     Residential restrictions</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 112.01  LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE.</B></div> <div> (A)     It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to maintain or operate a junk yard or any business dealing in scrap material without first obtaining a license from the city and complying with all of the provisions of this chapter.  (`84 Code, § 4-10(a))</div> <div> (B)     A license fee of $50 per year shall be charged for any junk business.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-10(b))  (Ord. 42, passed 2-8-54)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> § <B>112.02  FENCING REQUIREMENTS.</B></div> <div> Any junk business shall be carried on only in an enclosed building, or if carried on outside of a building, the area shall be entirely enclosed by a solid wall at least eight feet high, which wall shall be maintained in good repair.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-10(c))  (Ord. 42, passed 2-8-54)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 112.03  RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTIONS.</B></div> <div> It shall be unlawful to operate or maintain a junk business within a distance of 300 feet from any residential property.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-10(d))  (Ord. 42, passed 2-8-54)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHAPTER 113:  HAWKERS, PEDDLERS AND ITINERANT MERCHANTS</B></div> <div> Section</div> <bR> <div> 113.01     Definition</div> <div> 113.02     Certificate of registration required</div> <div> 113.03     Exemptions</div> <div> 113.04     Time restrictions</div> <div> 113.05     Application; fee</div> <div> 113.06     Bond requirements</div> <div> 113.07     Revocation</div> <bR> <div> § <B>113.01  DEFINITION.</B></div> <div> For the purpose of this chapter, the term ITINERANT shall mean any person and/or persons who travels from place to place without legal residence within the corporate limits of the city.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(i))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>113.02  CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION REQUIRED.</B></div> <div> It shall be unlawful for any itinerant solicitor, itinerant peddler, itinerant hawker, itinerant merchant, or itinerant transient vendor of merchandise, not having been requested or invited in or upon any private residence in the city by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants, of a private residence, to go in or upon any private residence for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, and/or disposing of, and/or peddling or hawking the sale, or to solicit by means of a telephone, selling or offering to sell, or taking orders for goods, wares, merchandise, or other articles for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future, without having on his person a certificate of registration secured from the Clerk-Treasurer with the approval of the Chief of Police as hereinafter provided.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(a))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 113.03  EXEMPTIONS.</B></div> <div> (A)     This section shall not apply to persons engaged in the delivery of daily newspapers, or any person operating a regular route, or insurance debit to solicit additional customers on a route or debit when solicitation is incidental to his regular duties, or to the producers of farm products within the pursuit of the sale of the products raised by them.  (`84 Code, § 4-11(b))</div> <div> (B)     Any person authorized to peddle without a license in the state by virtue of a state statute providing for an exemption shall be granted a certificate of registration upon satisfactory proof being made to the Clerk-Treasurer that the applicant is so exempt.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(c))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>113.04  TIME RESTRICTIONS.</B></div> <div> It shall be unlawful and is declared to be a public nuisance for any person engaging in the occupations herein regulated and carrying a certificate of registration to enter upon any private residence for these purposes prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. CST.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(d))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> § <B>113.05  APPLICATION; FEE.</B></div> <div> (A)     Any person desiring to engage in the occupations herein sought to be regulated shall, before engaging in that occupation in the city, apply to the Clerk-Treasurer for a certificate of registration. The application for a certificate shall be made on a form to be provided by the Clerk-Treasurer, which shall require that the applicant shall give the following information:</div> <div> (1)     Name, age, sex, height, weight, color of hair of applicant.</div> <div> (2)     Permanent home address and local address of applicant.</div> <div> (3)     The name and address of the employer or the name and address of person, firm, or corporation furnishing the goods, wares and merchandise sought to be sold.</div> <div> (4)     The period of time that solicitation is to be undertaken. (Not less than one week nor more than six months time to elapse prior to the time of solicitation.)</div> <div> (5)     Approval of the Chief of Police.</div> <div> (6)     Business and bank references for the applicant and the firm he seeks to represent, in whatever capacity.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(e))</div> <div> (B)     The applicant shall reimburse the city for the cost incurred in the investigation of the applicant's application, not to exceed the sum of $10.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(g))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> § <B>113.06  BOND REQUIREMENTS.</B></div> <div> If the applicant desires an immediate registration he shall be required to file an additional cash or surety bond, payable to the city, in the principal sum of $500, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the applicant of any contract that he may enter with the city or any citizen of the city during the period required for the investigation of the application and provided that this bond shall be further conditioned upon the truth and veracity of the statements made by the applicant under oath upon the form provided by the Clerk-Treasurer. Any certificate of registration issued by the Clerk-Treasurer shall be for the calender year beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of the year in which it is issued.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(f))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)  Penalty, see § 10.99</div> <bR> <div> § <B>113.07  REVOCATION.</B></div> <div> The Mayor shall have the right to revoke any certificate of registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for either of the following reasons:</div> <div> (A)     Any statement made in the application which has been proven to be false.</div> <div> (B)     Upon proof of any misconduct, or dishonesty or improper dealings with the public pursuant to the provisions of § 110.05 of this Code.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-11(h))  (Ord. 83, passed 11-23-59)</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHAPTER 114:  NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS</B></div> <div> Section</div> <bR> <div> 114.01     Cable television</div> <div> 114.02     Gas franchise</div> <bR> <div> §<B> 114.01  CABLE TELEVISION.</B></div> <div> (A)     The city may enter into a written agreement with a cable television company to serve the city.</div> <div> (B)     Any agreements shall be binding upon the parties as to the percentage of gross revenues to be received by the city, pole rentals, furnishing of toll-free or extension line number customers, safety standards, inspections, service requirements, indemnification, bond requirements, and other related areas.</div> <div> (C)     Any agreements, upon the approval of an appropriate ordinance by the Common Council, shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-21)</div> <bR> <div> § <B>114.02  GAS FRANCHISE.</B></div> <div> (A)     The city may enter into a written agreement with a gas company to serve the city.</div> <div> (B)     Any agreements shall be binding upon the parties and kept on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.</div> <div> (`84 Code, § 4-22)</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=40 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=20 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>©2008 </B><A HREF="http://sparksdesign.googlepages.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sparksdesign.googlepages.com/"><U><B>Sparks Design of Berne</B></U></A><B>. 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