55200 R D I IT AN C E N 0. 5520
AN OR.DIiJAINCE TO PROVIDE FOR AN INSPECTION
SERVICE FOP. ALL PERSONS, FIRTS, AND CORPORATIONS MTGAGED
IN SELL I' ?G OR DISTRIBUTING AT WHOLESALE FRUITS A TD/OR
VEGETABLES AND,/OR OTHER PROVISIONS; LEVYIi?G A FEE THEREFOR;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AYD FOR OTHER PTUTPOSES.
ITHEEREAS, fruits, vegetables and /or other provisions are being
sold at wholesale in Little Rock which are inferior in quality,
unfit for hirnan consumption, mired in grade and sold as of a higher
grade.
AIMD WHEREAS, fruits, vegetables and/or other Provisions
µ are stored, kept, packed and sold in Little Rock which before such
sale are kept in unsanitary ccnd.itions' and therefore dangerous to the
health of the public.
AYD MHEREAS, in order to protect the health of the citizens
of Little Rock and to prevent the citizens from being defrauded,
it is necessary to regulate the sale of said fruits, vegetables, and
other provisions and inspect and regulate establishments where such
fruits, vegetables and provisions are kept, stored, and sold,
AND WF -MEAS, an haraonious and advantageous plan of operation
has been agreed upon between officers of the City of Little Rock and
the City of North Little Rock, by which identical ordinances will
overate in both of said cities, which will tend to promote a maxim=
inspection efficiency for the protection of the public; each of said
cities to share -proportionately in all collections hereunder:
T11EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Cr THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROC?X AS FOLLOTTS:
Section 1. It i:;h.all be unlawful for any person, firm or
corncration to engage in the selling at wholesale or the wholesale
distribution of fruits andior vegetables and. /or other nrovisions 7ith-
in the City of Little Rock without first obtaining a license therefor.
Section 2. Every person, firm, or ecrnoration, before
engagin,- in business for the purposes stated in Section 1 shall make
an application for each establishment maintained and_ operated by him
or it upon a blank to be furnished by the City Collector and in which
application the applicant shall give the following ifformation:
Name, address, number of establishments maintained and operated, nature
of business, method of distribution used, whether it be selling direct
from a storeroom, railroad car, wagon, truck., or other vehicle, or from
a vacant lot or stand or otherwise, and an affidavit wade that the
products offered for sale were grown or produced by the seller.
Section 3. Upon filing said application properly filled
out and pwling the City Collector a license fee of $50.00 for e4ch and
every establishment maintained and operated, said City Collector shall
issue a license or licenses to said anplicant to overate said estab-
lishment or establishments for one year, said license to exiire Dedember
31 each year. That of all license fees collected hereunder the same
shall be apportioned of each $50.00 Dollars collected $15.00 shall be
dis'rarsed to the Cite of North Little Rock, Arkansas; provided, that of all
collections under an identical ordinance by the City of Yorth Little Rock
that each $50.00 collected thereunder $35.00 shall be apportioned and
disbursed. to the City of Little Rock.
Section 4. The -ors? "Establishment" as need in the Ordinance
shall mean an establishment which is engaged in selling and /or dis-
tributing at wholesale fruits and/or vegetables and /or other -provisions
and shall mean, any building, storeroom freight car, wagon, truck, or
other vehicle, or any vacant lot or stand nhere si.ch fruits or vege-
tables and /or other provisions are kept, stored, pac'_:ed_, or offered for
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0 R D I IT AN C E N 0. 5520
AN OR.DIiJAINCE TO PROVIDE FOR AN INSPECTION
SERVICE FOP. ALL PERSONS, FIRTS, AND CORPORATIONS MTGAGED
IN SELL I' ?G OR DISTRIBUTING AT WHOLESALE FRUITS A TD/OR
VEGETABLES AND,/OR OTHER PROVISIONS; LEVYIi?G A FEE THEREFOR;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AYD FOR OTHER PTUTPOSES.
ITHEEREAS, fruits, vegetables and /or other provisions are being
sold at wholesale in Little Rock which are inferior in quality,
unfit for hirnan consumption, mired in grade and sold as of a higher
grade.
AIMD WHEREAS, fruits, vegetables and/or other Provisions
µ are stored, kept, packed and sold in Little Rock which before such
sale are kept in unsanitary ccnd.itions' and therefore dangerous to the
health of the public.
AYD MHEREAS, in order to protect the health of the citizens
of Little Rock and to prevent the citizens from being defrauded,
it is necessary to regulate the sale of said fruits, vegetables, and
other provisions and inspect and regulate establishments where such
fruits, vegetables and provisions are kept, stored, and sold,
AND WF -MEAS, an haraonious and advantageous plan of operation
has been agreed upon between officers of the City of Little Rock and
the City of North Little Rock, by which identical ordinances will
overate in both of said cities, which will tend to promote a maxim=
inspection efficiency for the protection of the public; each of said
cities to share -proportionately in all collections hereunder:
T11EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Cr THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROC?X AS FOLLOTTS:
Section 1. It i:;h.all be unlawful for any person, firm or
corncration to engage in the selling at wholesale or the wholesale
distribution of fruits andior vegetables and. /or other nrovisions 7ith-
in the City of Little Rock without first obtaining a license therefor.
Section 2. Every person, firm, or ecrnoration, before
engagin,- in business for the purposes stated in Section 1 shall make
an application for each establishment maintained and_ operated by him
or it upon a blank to be furnished by the City Collector and in which
application the applicant shall give the following ifformation:
Name, address, number of establishments maintained and operated, nature
of business, method of distribution used, whether it be selling direct
from a storeroom, railroad car, wagon, truck., or other vehicle, or from
a vacant lot or stand or otherwise, and an affidavit wade that the
products offered for sale were grown or produced by the seller.
Section 3. Upon filing said application properly filled
out and pwling the City Collector a license fee of $50.00 for e4ch and
every establishment maintained and operated, said City Collector shall
issue a license or licenses to said anplicant to overate said estab-
lishment or establishments for one year, said license to exiire Dedember
31 each year. That of all license fees collected hereunder the same
shall be apportioned of each $50.00 Dollars collected $15.00 shall be
dis'rarsed to the Cite of North Little Rock, Arkansas; provided, that of all
collections under an identical ordinance by the City of Yorth Little Rock
that each $50.00 collected thereunder $35.00 shall be apportioned and
disbursed. to the City of Little Rock.
Section 4. The -ors? "Establishment" as need in the Ordinance
shall mean an establishment which is engaged in selling and /or dis-
tributing at wholesale fruits and/or vegetables and /or other -provisions
and shall mean, any building, storeroom freight car, wagon, truck, or
other vehicle, or any vacant lot or stand nhere si.ch fruits or vege-
tables and /or other provisions are kept, stored, pac'_:ed_, or offered for
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sale at wholesale, but nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to
mean that the license herein shall apply to trucks, wagons, or other
vehicles used solely for delivery purposes and not for direct selling
from such trucks, wagons, or other vehicles. Where a license is issued
to a person, firm, and /or corporation operating more than one wagon,
truck, or other vehicle, then all such vehicles shall be operated in
the name of such person, firm, and /or corporation and all licenses shall
be issued to such person, firm, and /or corporation. if any truck
license is issued to any person, firm, and /or corporation, then a
separate license shall be required.
Section 5. The word "Provisions" as used in th i s ordinance
shall mean: fish, fresh or dried or pickled; candies; cheese, butter;
eggs; poultry; or nuts, but shall not include any articles commonly
packed and sold in sealed, airtight cans or containers.
Section b. The Mnyor of the City of Little Rock shall
appoint an Inspector or Inspectors to enforce this Ordinance and it
stall be the duty of said Inspector or Inspectors regularly to
inspect all such establishments and report the condition of said
establishments to the Health Officer of said City of Little Rock,
and it shall be the duty of the Health Officer, immediately upon
receiving a report from said Inspector or Inspectors that said estab-
lishments are maintained in an unsanitary and unhealthful condition, to
make a personal inspection and to take such steps as are necessary to
compel the maintenance of such establishments in such condition as may
be necessary to protect the health of the citizens of Little Rock.
Section 7. There shall be, and there is hereby authorized,
an interexchange of inspection and collection services by the employees
and officers of both Little Rock and North Little Rock to carry out
the provisions hereof, whereby the officers of each such city shall be
and they are hereby empowered and granted jurisdictional rights and pri-
vileges in either of such cities to carry out the provisions of this
ordinance.
Section 8. No license issued by the City of Little Rock for
peddling shall be deemed in any way to supersede this Ordinance or to
except any person, firm, or corporation coming under the classification
of this Ordinance from taking out a license as provided for by this
Ordinance.
Section 9. No section of this Ordinance shall apply to farmers
or other growers who offer for sale within the City of Little Rock
products of their own growing, which products so offered for sale are
wholly grown within the State of Arkansas. However, any person, firm or
corporation selling or offering for sale any part of a load of produce
which has been purchased for resale, then such person, firm or corporation
shall be subject to tax. In the event that said Inspector has good
reasons to believe that said person is not raising such produce or other
provisions offered for sale, then an investigation should be made by
the City Collector's Office.
Section 10. Each person, firm, or corporation obtaining such
license under the provisions of this ordinance shall keen the said
license displayed in his place of business.
Section 11. Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation which
shall hereafter engage in such business or trade as defined in this
Ordinance without having first obtained a license so to do shall, unon
conviction, be fined not less than ($75.00) and not more than ($200.00)
and every day which said person, firm, or corporation shall engage in
such business without such license shall be a separate offense.
Section 12. Any person, firm, or corporation which violates
the provisions of Section 9 shall, upon conviction, be fined not less
than ($5.00) and not more than ($25.00).
Section 13. In case any Section of this Ordinance shall here-
after be declared null, void, or inoperative, the other Sections shall
nevert-aieless remain in full force and effect.
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Section 14. The unlicensed sale of vegetable and provisions
mentioned in this Ordinance is a menace to the health and 7,eifare of
the citizens of Little Rock and an emergency is hereby declared
and this ordinance shall tare effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Parsed: December 13, 1937
Attest
City Clerk.
Approve
May or.