Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.64 Solicitors1

  1. 1.
    For the statutory provision regarding licensing and regulation of itinerant merchants (as defined herein), see K.S.A. Chapter 8 Article 8.

 

5.64.000 Legislative Findings.

It is hereby found and determined by the Governing Body that crimes have been committed by persons posing as solicitors and that a great variety of frauds and misleading devices are employed in such solicitation. It is further found that some solicitors present a continuing danger of fraud, robbery, and other crimes to the residents of the City. In addition, it is found that residents of the City are being annoyed by solicitors. In response to these findings, it is hereby determined by the Governing Body that it is necessary, in the interest of the public safety and welfare for the Governing Body, to regulate the time, place, and manner of solicitation in the City of Overland Park, Kansas.

(History: Ord. SOL-1215 §1, 84)

Effective on: 1/1/1901