HomeMy WebLinkAbout028 - 09/08/1923 - RELATING TO SALES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, FROM ALL KINDS OF VEHICLES STANDING IN FRONT OF BUSINESS ORDINANCE NO `� �, 1923
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO SALES OF FRUITS AND VEGFTABLES,
FROM ALL HINDS OF VEHICLES STANDING IN FRONT OF BUSINESS HOUSES WITHIN
THE BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, AND PROVIDING A
PUBLIC 'VMFET PLACE FOR SALES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
W&reas, The practice of vending fruits and vegetables of all
kinds from all kinds of vehicles standing in front of business houses
within the limits of the business dis1ttct of the City of Fort Collins is
declared to be a nuisance interfering with and blockading traffic on the
streets and sidewalks and is fast becoming a menace to the public health
and safety of the inhabitants of the City of Fort Colli -is, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THC CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Section 1 That the vending or sale of fruits and vegetables
from standing vehicles of all kinds in front of business houses on the
streets of the City of Fort Collins, within the limits of the business
district, within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins is
hereby prohibited, provided such sales of fruits and vegetables may be
made from standing vehicles of all kinds in the public market place
hereinafter provided by Section Two of this ordinance and provided,
further, that tics ordinance shall not be construed to apply to peddlers
of fruits and vegetables within the corporate lirrits of the City of Fort
Collins from moving vehicles and provided further this ordinance shall
not be held to apply to licensed peanut and popcorn venders holding
permits to operate stands within the business district from the owners
of property
Section 2 Immediately upon the taking effect of this
ordinance it shall be the duty of the Comr^issioner of Safety and
ExOf`icio Mayor to secure a place for establishing a temporary public
market to be opened and operated by the City of Fort Collins under such
rules and regulations as may be prepared and approved by the City Council
such temporary public market place to be continued until a permanent
public market place is acquited and placedin operation pursuant to
ordinance to be adopted by the City Council
Section 3 Any person or persons who shall violate any of the
provisions -o-f this ordinance,shall upon conviction be fined not less than
l / ✓e— Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars
for each offense
Section 4 In the o�rtiaion of the; City Council an emergency
exists for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and
l this ordinance shall take affect upon its passage and publication under and
by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IY of
the City Charter
Ifitroduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of
all the members of the City Council this 8th day of September A D 1923
issioner of Safety xOfficio Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk
STATE OF COXRADO)
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COUNTY OF LARIMER)
I, A J ROSENOW City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins do
hereby certify and declare that the foregoing ordinance, consisting of four
(4) sections was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 8th day of Seltember, 9 D 1923, and was duly
adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins r-rer, a daily newspaper
and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote
of all members of the Council, as an emergency ordinance in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 1-and 7 of Article IY of the City Charter and
thereafter towit the c9 day of September A 923, said Ordinance
No a was duly published in the Fort Collins ter a daily
newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS WIMREOF� I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said City, this _/0 � day of September, A D 1923
City Clerk
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