HomeMy WebLinkAbout97ORDINANCE NO. 97
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS PROHIBITING
SOLICITATION UPON PRIVATE PROPERTY, DECLARING VIOLATION TO
BE A NUISANCE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION, AND
DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF AN EMERGENCY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in
business as a canvasser or solicitor, calling at residences within the
Town of Los Altos Hills, without the previous consent of the occupant,
for the purpose of soliciting orders, sales, subscriptions or business
of any kind, or seeking for information or donations.
Section 2: The practice of going in and upon private residence
properties in the Town of Los Altos Hills by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers,
itinerant merchants or transient vendors of merchandise, not having been
requested or invited so to do by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants
of said private residences, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the
sale of goods, wares and merchandise and /or for the purpose of disposing
of and/or peddling or hawking of same, is declared to be a nuisance and
is prohibited.
Section 3: The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to
officers or employees of the city, county, state or federal government or
any subdivision thereof when on official business.
Section 9: Every violation of this ordinance or any provision
thereof shall constitute a misdemeanor, and every person committing the
same shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment
in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
Section 5: It is the intention of the City Council that each
separate provision of this ordinance shall be deemed independent of all other
provisions herein, and it is further the intention of the City Council that
if any provision or application of this ordinance is declared invalid, all
other provisions, and applications thereof shall remain valid and enforceable.
-1-
L GOFIO h FAIBANT
Section 6: The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills has
received evidence that solicitations are being made within the Town of Los
Altos Hills by persons who are conducting themselves in a threatening manner
and that said persons have made threats to the health, safety and property
of the residents of the Town of Los Altos Hills. Said City Council hereby
finds and declares that under these circumstances, the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety require adoption of this ordinance
as an urgency measure. This ordinance is therefore hereby declared to be
an urgency measure, to take effect immediately, and it shall be posted in
three (3) public places within the Town of Los Altos Hills.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills held on February 3,
1969, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Aiken, Bowler„ Fowls,:, Hayor Clayton,
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilman Henley.
ATTESB.: ..__ .
tatty C1
AP RO �
yor
-2-