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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 1 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 - It (2) . . 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. �= A (3) 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.