1967-14Bill No. 1967-14
ORDAIA NCE N0. 11.10
AN ORDIN~~NCE PROHIBITING CERTAIN COA9D4ERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON
SUNDAY AND CERTAIN HOLIDAYS: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIO-
LATION THEREOF .
CITY OF R ICHF IE LD DOES ORDAIN
Section 1.. Definitions. Subdivision 1. For the purpose of this ordinance,
the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them.
"Subd.. 2. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, associa-
tion, or other group, however organized, and includes agents and employees.
Subd.. 3. "Sunday" means the first day of the calendar wee k.
Subd.. 4. "Saturday" means the seventh day of the calendar week.
Subd. 5. "Holiday" means New Year's Day, A~Iemorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day,, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Subd.. 6. "Sell" or "selling" means making a. sale, engaging in the business
of selling, assisting in selling, attempting to sell, extending credit for a sale,
and trading or exchanging merchandise, by personal contact between buyer and
seller or by telephone or in any other manner. The terms "sell" or "selling"
shall also include any lease or rental if, by the terms of the lease or rental
agreement, title to a restricted item may pass by the exercise of an option by
any party to such lease or rental agreement.
Subd._ 7.. "Restricted item" means any of the following:: cameras; musical
instruments including pianos and organs; records and other recordings; phonographs
and tape recorders; radio receivers and television receivers, jewelry; clocks and
watches; furs; furniture and other home furnishings; home appliances; footwear;
wearing apparel of all kinds; luggage; lawn mowers and other power driven or manu-
ally operated"outdoor machinery and equipment; hardware and tools; paints, varnishes
and wallpaper, and painting and wallpaper tools and supplies; lumber and other
building materials and supplies; floor coverings..
Section 2. Sales Restricted. No person shall sell a restricted item on
Sunday or a holiday.. _
Section 3.. Permitting Sales Prohibited.. No person who is in charge of a
business establishment, or a part thereof, whether as the owner, lessee, concession-
aire, corporate director, officer, manager, supervisor, or otherwise, shall permit
another person to sell a restricted item in such establishment or part thereof,
on Sunday or a holiday.
Section 4.. Sales Not Restricted. It shall be a sufficient defense to pro-
secution under this ordinance that the sale involved was one of the following::
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(1) An isolated sale from a residence by a person not regularly engaged in
selling the kind of merchandise sold.
'(2) The sale at any auditorium, stadiu:~,bathing beach, golf course, ski area,
bowling alley, marina, boat livery, or other park or playground of merchandise for
use at the place of sale for recreational purposes.
(3) The dispensing of any coupon, stamp or merchandise premium in conjunc-
t ion ~: ~~i :; ±_multaneously with the sale of any merchandise the sale of which is not
prohibi'~ed on Sunday or a holiday..
(4) The advertisement for sale of any merchandise by any newspaper, radio or
television station, or other established advertising medium.
(5) The sale of restricted items on Sunday at a place of business which is
regularly closed on Saturday and which was actually closed at all hours on the Satur-
day before the Surclay upon which such sale of restricted items occurs.
(6) Any retail sale for recreational purposes made by a vendor whose business
is seasonal and whose retail establishment is not open to the public for at least
four consecutive months of each year.
Section 5. Separate Offenses. Each sale of a restricted item in violation
of this ordinance is a separate offense.
Section 6. Penalty. Any persons violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall, upon conviction therefor, be punished by a fine of not more than $100
or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days.
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Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 24th day of July, 1967.
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S anley t~~'. Qlson, A9ayor
Attest. "~"`~ ""'
Edward J. Moline, Clerk-Tres.
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(OfHdal Pnltlicatloa)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ORDINANCE1N01411.10
An Ordinance Prohibiting Certain
Commercial Activities oa Sunday
and Certain . $olidays; Providing
Petralties for Violation Thereof. .
Richfield News CITY OF RICHFIELD DOE$, OR-
DAIN:...
Sectlon' 1. Definitions. 'Subdivi• '
sion~ ~S. For the' puryose of this '
ordinance, the Germs defined in
7642 Lyndale Avenue So. Richfield, Minnesota ngs ttiaett~theiri~. have the mean- ~;
SubB:. 2: '"'Person" means any
individual, ppartnership, corpora-
tion, ciatlon; or, other group,
howevrt#anized, and, includes
agents , 'tmployee8. "
State of Minnesota SS subal;lxdrSunda • means- the
i'~•st daj~ of the calendar week.
County of Hennepin Subd: 4~; 7Saturday", mea, the
seventh d~ bf the calehdar t'~"eek:
Subd + , TiAliday $ieans ti~T,ew
Years emorial .Day de• .
p e n d® n g day Lab r Dey,
Than Day and C~iriatmas
Day
L. R. FARRINGTON, being duly sworn, on oath Says he is and during all times herein Subd '' ' 1N sellhig."
stated has been the General Manager of the newspaper known as The Richfield News and has means vfl ~ ~¢.ri,~ '~ engaging
in the of, sel$ag a'saist•
full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the ing in g;.'~ttempting to sell
English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed extendi 'credit fora sale, and
space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least trading ~ `o~• excha ` mercAan•
dire, by peraonaP ~~act be3~yeen
once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local buyer Gild seller or by~•~telep one'
interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other ~or in any other. mamtrr. T-1}e'
publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said iterms 'sell' , ;'~selling'_' shall:81• i
so include aA :ease or rental .ff,
newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least by the te%'ii~ts' file lease or' retit-
500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its 'al agreeriaentr~; tie to a 7clgtrieted
total circulation currentl item may y the exgrc~$e- of
y paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as an option ;~iy party ~ such.
second-class matter in its local post•office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the city of lease or rental:agreemegt: !
Richfield in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Subd. +4.•"+rt!Restricted ~t.gm",
Richfield in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gatherin means aria df the following:-•cam•
g eras; musical instrumez!'fa ,'inelud•
of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing ing pianos and organs:]. tecords
officer or persons in its .employ and subject to his direction and control during all such and other recordings,: $hDllO•
graphs sad tape recor ei'tT,•. , to,
regular business hours of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said newspaper files a receivers` and television re s;,
copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has tom- jewelry; c 1 o c k s and °~yiAss;i
plied with all the foregoing conditions #or at least two years preceding the day or dates furs; furniture and oth! ~Ume;
'furnishings; home ap Cs;
of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of footwear;- wearing appas Y8ll~
Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form kinds; luggage;, lawn movae S',•,• d
prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn other power driven or
operated outdoor mac)tine
to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper. equipment; hardware a _, .
building materials ~ and ..
~RDI~IAAICE a Sectiont2.s.Sale~` Restricted. `1f+lo
He further states on oath that the printed ............................................... perso c shalllsell a restricted item'
hereto attached as apart hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed ~t
on Sunday or a ltolid
Section 3. Permitfin Sales Pro•~
titbitevL No person v-ho `?i8 1n
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for ....~.... successive weeks; charge of a husfne eft h•
ment, or a part r
as the owner, lessee.,,
sire, corporate detbr, officer,
ThurS 'manager,. supervi r" otherwise,
that it was first so published on ...... the .....~ ..... day of 1~Llg.......... 19 67.. Shall permit alt . person to
sell a -restricted n such es•
`tablishment or , ereof, . on
Sunday or a ho
Section 4. 8alli r estricted,
anti was thereafter printed and published on every ............................ to and including It shall be a su efense to
prosecution under :-, ordinance
that the 'sale involve a(!as one of
the following:
(1) An isolated sale from a res•
the .... day of ... 19 ....., and'that the following is a printed copy idence by a person not regularly
of the lower case al habet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereb acknowled ed as bein engaged •in selling the.;; kind of
P Y g g merchandise sold.
the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of ai otice, to wit: (2~ The sale at any auditorium,
stadium, bathing beach, golf
abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz J" course, ski area, bowling alley,
marina, boat livery, or other park
or playground of merchandise for
^•-~~~ - use at the place of sale for rec•
s ~ reational purposes:
.................:..... ~%/pG•,L.--~ (3) The dispensing of any cou•
General Manager ~,. Pon, stamp or merchandisg pre-
mium in conjunction and simul•
taneously with the sale of any
merchandise the sale of which is
not proht"ga•$ y or a.hol•
,; ;
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ..... ...... day of ..... g ................... 19.. ~. .
p ,sale
of an~e~~~e~es ,~tews•
paper,. r o lion,
or o t (~~i ,' eEt,~ ertising
,..
` -~ meth ~~^
.... .. .................. (5) ~ items
f ~ ~~ ~ on S siness
~" which °` Sat•
~' " ~~~~~/ % urday ~ 'a ~ tually
i ~.._. 1 /~ ~ closed 'ti$ ; hou -Satur•
• • • •~ ~ • • • ~ •4•~~.-:~'~"""~- - day beforee' Su h' which
Alice J. Nelson, Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn. such sale of test do Wa oc•
' curs. ,: ,
((i) Any retail sAl,~ '•rea•
tional purposes' mSde' or
My Commission Expires December 26, 1973 whose buaiaesc !u'~,B d
whose retail, Bska t
open to,,the'=, pKb~c t
fogr conseewbive=-rno
year. ;,.... ,
Sectionr~?~. !Separate Qi<feasls.
Each sale of a restricted .item in
violation of this ordinance ' is a
separate offense.
Section 6. Penalty. Any persons
violating any of the provisions;. of
this ordinance shall, upon convic•
lion therefor, be punished by a
fine of not more than $100 or' b
imprisonment for not more tha~
90 days. '
Passed by the City' Council'z of
the City of Richfield this 24th clay
of July, 1967.
s/STANLEY W. OLSON
Mayor
Attest,
s/EDWARD J. MOLINE
Clerk ~`'
(Publish Aug. 3, 1967)RN
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