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FEB 171982 9gCK 4 �i PA,;.E ii00 not know where to go to get a deed, etc. Commissioner Fletcher further agreed that people should be kept off the right-of-way, but believed the proposed ordinance is too hard on the individual and could put these folks out of business. He preferred to have the ordinance written so that the Sheriff's Department can make a determination of whether this is a legitimate activity and then give the individual the chance to buy the license on the spot. Commissioner Wodtke pointed out that we must give the Sheriff something he can enforce, and he believed we need to adopt an ordinance that says this activity will take place on a specific type of property and that it must be off the right-of-way. He brought up complaints he has had about the trakfic hazard caused by flea markets. Commissioner Wodtke pointed out that anyone who wants to can have a garage sale in their home, and he asked Commissioner Fletcher what he wanted to change in the ordinance. Commissioner Fletcher believed that an ordinance dealing with the right-of-way hazards would take away 90% of the problem, and he was of the opinion that limiting garage sales to three times a year is a problem. Commissioner Wodtke pointed out that the average person does not have enough items of their own to conduct a sale more than three times a year, and if they are bringing other material in, it should be handled as a commercial operation. Attorney Barkett deported that the Chamber of Commerce has received many complaints of transient merchants. He further noted that when you go to a flea market, 50% of the merchandise you see is new, not used, and this is in direct competition with the local merchants, who are our tax base. He emphasized that everybody in the selling game should be on an equal basis, and if you are going to deregulate, you must include the local merchants. Attorney Barkett felt 40