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BAN ENACTED ON COMMERCIAL CITY AND PARTNERS WORKING TO DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITING DEVELOP NEW TRANSIT ROUTES On December 6, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 1481, Series 2006 enacting new rules and regu- lations he City of Louisville is working with other Boul- lations regarding door-to-door soliciting, including a ban on Tder County municipalities on several new excit- commercial door-to-door solicitors in Louisville. ing transit projects. The first is a Countywide Transit The City believes that a strong ordinance that restricts Enhancement Plan funded through the Boulder County commercial door-to-door peddlers is in the community's best Consortium of Cities. This plan examines existing transit interest and beneficial to the City's public safety. services such as fixed-route transit, senior transporta- •Surveys have shown that the majority of residents do not tion service, and service to schools and hospitals in the want to be disturbed at home by uninvited sales people County, and also identifies potential improvements. and they support the prohibition of itinerant sales. The transit plan will examine new opportunities and •Well organized and accomplished groups of traveling con artists and swindlers use door-to-door sales to carry out the feasibility of new fixed-route services such as exten- their thievery.Their victims are often the elderly and they sions of the JUMP along State Highway 7; new service are unmerciful in how much they will steal. Some of these from Downtown Louisville out to Erie; and new service groups will avoid municipalities with an ordinance such as to Monarch High School and Avista Hospital. It will also the one recently passed. look at specialized needs to serve the growing population •The common "I'm trying to earn money for college" of seniors and people with disabilities whose transporta- magazine or cleaning product sales are typically groups of tion needs are not currently met. It will also examine young people traveling the country.They are usually from other transit services such as school transportation and out of state; their sales have nothing to do with higher expanded call-n-Rides. Lastly, the study will consider education, and buyers sometimes never receive the prod- funding mechanisms for implementation. ucts for which they have paid. The study is scheduled to be complete in April 2006. •Most of Louisville's door-to-door peddlers never obtain a In an effort to gather input from residents, Boulder business license and fail to remit sales tax. •Door-to-door sales of food by itinerants create a public County is planning a series of community workshops health risk. Nomadic food merchants are usually un- open houses the week of March 13. Residents can encumbered by health inspections and food handling contact the Boulder County Transportation Department standards. at 303.441.3900 for more information about the meet- As adopted, Ordinance 1481 will not interfere with pro- ing schedule. tected speech and it will not affect door-to-door sales by non- The second project is a potential new transit service profit and charitable organizations.The City is not attempt- from Erie, through downtown Louisville to connect ing to regulate speech or to impede people from conducting with Highway 36 in Broomfield. This service would be lawful activities. Girl Scout, Boy Scout, school or religious funded with federal transportation funds and the Boul- fund raisers, religious proselytizing, and political activities are der County regional transit program. Service is tenta- all unfettered under this ordinance. tively planned to start in January 2008. Please contact Non-profit groups, including all religious, charitable, school, civic,or other organizations eligible for exemption the Boulder County Transportation Department at under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, must 303.441.3900 for more information. obtain a Non-Profit Door-to-Door License.You can do so by BRANCH RECYCLE SITE providing a copy of your IRS exemption letter and complet- ing a no-fee City application.The license may be renewed . s the heavier spring snows approach, remember that annually by submitting a certificate of good standing from the 1 1you may drop off your fallen limbs at the City's Colorado Secretary of State. For information about getting a Branch Recycle Site on Empire Road just north of license, please contact the Sales Tax &Licensing Division at the Louisville Cemetery.All branches are ground into =yw 303.335.4514. mulch that is available,self serve, free of charge to All uninvited commercial door-to-door sales are now residents. illegal in Louisville. Should you see such solicitors in your The site is open the first Saturday and Sunday of each neighbohood, please immediately report them to the police month from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.Please call 303.335.4735 by calling dispatch at 303.441.4444. for additional information. February-March 2006 8