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e. ...-,' ClI'X fiLE :NO.~ ~~-~~-btj: DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REGARDING COMMERCIAL VENDORS A. .Introduction. By Ordinance No. 19145, enacted May 25, 1983, the Eugene City Council amended E.C. S4.860. E.C. S4.860 now prohibits any per- son from selling merchandise in the streets, on the sidewalks or in doorways or stairways of business houses or in places where the activity will cause congestion on the streets or sidewalks unless the activity is licensed under Chapter 3 of the Eugene . Code. Sellers of merchandis~ are licensed as "commercial - solicitors" "transient merchants" or "used merchandise dealers" under Chapter 3. The latter categories are for fixed places of business. Under Eugene Code, 1971, S3.0l0, a "commercial solicitor" is required to obtain a license from the finance officer before engaging in that business in the City of Eugene. ^ "commerical solicitor" is a merchant with no fixed place of business who goes from "house to house or place to place" and sells goods. E.C. S3.005. Excluded from this definition are wholesalers who sell to merchants, purveyors of self-raised produce or milk or dairy products, and newspaper carriers. Persons who desire to sell processed food, beverages or flowers on public streets and sidewalks and avoid the barrier of E.C. S4.860 must, therefore, be licensed as "commercial solicitors." The following rules set forth conditions and restrictions for commercial solicitors who desire to sellon public streets, sidewalks and those areas adjacent to streets and sidewalks. These rules are adopted under the authority of E.C. S3.0l0, note 21, authorizing the City Manager to issue rules on commer- cial solicitor licenses. These draft rules are proposed for adoption on December 12, 1983. Interested persons should comment in writing by November 30, 1983 to the City of Eugene Finance Department, Attention: Terry Grondona, 777 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon 97401. These rules do not cover all commercial sol.icitors but only commercial solicitors who sell from a non-fixed location or from a mobile cart or vehicle on the streets, sidewalks or adjacent areas outside the Eugene Mall. This subgroup is termed "commercial vendors" in the rules. Other commercial solicitors, such as door-to-door sellers, are not covered by these rules. ~/,.. JJ