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Gem Lake – Solicitors Ordinance Updates Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting 11/12/24 November 5, 2024 Page 3 ORDINANCE UPDATES The following updates have been proposed to align with the LMC’s model ordinance, and to follow the City’s typical Ordinance formatting. Section Action Content Section 2. Definitions Remove Canvasser (incorporated into the definition of “Solicitor”) Add “For the purpose of this ordinance, the term door-to-door advocate shall fall under the term solicitor and include door-to-door canvassing and pamphleteering intended for non-commercial purposes” to the Non-Commercial Door-to-Door Advocate definition Remove “Engaged in for profit business with no fixed place of business…” from the definition of Peddler. Remove Professional Fundraiser is not included in the LMC model ordinance. Review this definition and Section 8.3; could remove. Update The definition of Solicitor to “A person who goes from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street-to-street, or any other type of place-to-place movement, for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain orders for goods, wares, products, merchandise, other personal property, or services of which he or she may be carrying or transporting samples, or that may be described in a catalog or by other means, and for which delivery or performance shall occur at a later time. The absence of samples or catalogs shall not remove a person from the scope of this provision if the actual purpose of the person’s activity is to obtain or attempt to obtain orders as discussed above. For purposes of this ordinance, the term solicitor shall have the same meaning as the term canvasser” Update The definition of Transient Merchant to “A person who temporarily sets up business out of a vehicle, trailer, boxcar, tent, other portable shelter, or empty store front for the purpose of exposing or displaying for sale, selling or attempting to sell, and delivering goods, wares, products, merchandise, or other personal property and who does not remain in any one location for more than fourteen (14) consecutive days” Section 8. Registration Remove 8.3 is a variation from the model ordinance. Consider keeping or removing “Professional fundraisers not exempt. A professional fundraiser working on behalf of an otherwise exempt group or person shall not be exempt from the licensing requirements of this ordinance.” Section 13. Enactment Update Formatting to match that of recent City Ordinances. History of the Ordinance Add A table describing the history of the ordinance.