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. . . ~ ~R~~~~}iILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 360 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS IN ARDEN HILLS- AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 3 BY REVISING SECTION 340 The City Code of Arden Hills is amended by adding Chapter 340 to read as follows: 340.01 Purpose. This section is not intended to interfere with the legitimate business activities of peddlers, solicitors or transient merchants. These provisions are intended only to, as nearly as possible, regulate and control all those who would use their unique presence on property within the City to create nuisances, commit theft, or engage in other unlawful activities. 340.02 Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the terms used herein are defined as follows: A. "Peddler" means any person who goes from place to place; conveying or transporting goods, wares or merchandise; offering the goods, wares or merchandise for sale; making sales; and delivering goods, wares and merchandise. B. "Solicitor" means any person who goes from place to place soliciting donations or taking orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future. c. "Transient Merchant" means any person who engages in a temporary business, either in one locality, or in traveling from place to place, selling goods, wares and merchandise; and who, for purpose of carrying on such temporary business, hires, leases, occupies or uses a building, shelter, vacant lot, vehicle, trailer, tent, boat, public room in a hotel, motel or lodging house, apartments or any other place within the City for the exhibition and sale of such wares, goods and merchandise.