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Consider approving an Ordinance amending Sections 7-12-1-1201, 7-12-1-1202, 7-12-1-1203, 7-12-1-1205, 7-12-1-1209, 7-12-1-1210 and 7-12-1-1217, Article 7-12-1, Division 7-12, Chapter 7, Business, Lawton City Code, 2015, by clarifying the definition of store front, clarifying that all persons who want to go door-to-door within Lawton shall have a permit, setting the fee as a per person instead of per business, setting forth the hearing process if a door-to-door permit is revoked, adding the requirement for a background check for all individuals going door-to-door, except minors, and setting an exception for the placement of handbills or leaflets on automobiles in public parking lots not to be considered a door-to-door or itinerant vendor activity, providing for severability, establishing an effective date and allowing for floor amendments.
INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
BACKGROUND: City staff has received several complaints about vendors going door-to-door within Lawton and not having a permit. This ordinance clarifies the language that you have to have a permit to go door to door. The ordinance will also place the requirement of a background check on the individual going door-to-door. The background check is a safety mechanism for the citizens of Lawton. The proposed ordinance also clarifies the definition of store front by allowing individuals who operate a home occupation, or an internet based business to be a door-to-door vendor as long as they can provide proof of residency. This ordinance also set the fee per individual going door-to-door instead of the business. The City of Norman also charges the fees per individual instead of per business.
The existing code requires that the businesses that obtain a door-to-door vendor permit have a local storefront office within the city limits of Lawton. Without a local storefront, the businesses are not a...
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