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Consider approving an Ordinance pertaining to businesses by 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, Division 7-12-1, Article 7-12, Chapter 7, Lawton City Code, 2015, by adding language to clarify the definition of storefront, 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, requiring a background check for all individuals going door-to-door except minors, clarifying the times that door-to-door vendors are permitted to operate, and setting an exception for the placement for handbills or leaflets on automobiles in public parking lots not be considered a door-to-door or itinerant vendor activity, providing for severability and establishing an effective date.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
BACKGROUND: On June 27, 2023, a similar ordinance was presented to City Council. At that time, floor amendments were introduced, and the proposed was approved. It was recently determined that due to the floor amendments, the final version of the ordinance was never executed and published within the required timeframe. The version presented for approval today includes the floor amendments from June of 2023. It is being brought back before Council so that execution and publication can occur within the required timeframe.
EXHIBIT: Ordinance No. 24-____
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STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Approve Ordinance No. 24-____, waive the reading of the ordinance and read the title only.