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Meeting Date 8/ 24/ 94 Agenda Item: P 3 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: Discussion of the itinerant salespersons and solicitors license REQUESTED BY: John Hustad, Councilmember REVIEWED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: prepared by Susan Hoyt Councilmember Hustad wishes to review the city's itinerant salespersons and solicitors license. Background For profit salespersons. The city regulates for profit salespersons by requiring a license and by requiring them to adhere to hours of operation between 9 AM and 7 PM and not on Sundays except by specific appointment. A fee of 35 is charged for the license. If a property is posted "no solicitors" or something similar, the salesperson cannot go onto the property. Non profit salespersons or solicitors. The city regulates non profit solicitors by requiring a license. There is no fee attached and they are exempted from the hours of operation. Clarifications. The code should be clarified by defining the term solicitor which would remove some of the current language's ambiguity. Constitutional requirement. The state constitution guarantees sellers of farm and garden produce that is grown by the seller to peddle without a license. Brief synopsis of some nearby cities' requirements. Roseville. No regulation addresses non profit soliciting. However, for profit itinerant salespersons or solicitors that "practice going in or upon private residences" are declared a nuisance in the city code and violators are subject to a misdemeanor. New Brighton. Requires a license for those soliciting for civic, patriotic, charitable or religious non profits on "city streets The permit cannot exceed 30 consecutive days in one calendar year and only one permit is issued per organization per year. Requires a license for for profit salespersons. Shoreview. Similar to Falcon Heights. ACTION REQUESTED: Discussion.