ORDINAI{CE NO. JUN.O6.049
GOVER}{NG TIIE LICENSURE, PERMITTNG AND REGULATING
THE ACTNITTES OF BUSINESSES;
FLEA MARKETS;
AND, MERCHANTS IN McKINLEY COUNTY
Whereas,McKinley County is economicallydependenton wholesaleand retail
businessactivities:and.
Whereas,McKinley County has a direct and substantialinterestin protecting the
vitality of its economyby assuringthat unscrupulousbusinesses
are identifiedand subject
to legal processfor the adjustmentof wrongs done the pubic; and,
Whereas,McKinley County has an interestin protectingits sourcesof revenue
derivedfrom grossreceiptsand property taxes;and,
Whereas,certain businessesfail to collect, report, and pay the appropriategross
receiptstaxes;and,
Whereas certain brtsinessesfa-il to abide by the pro..,isionsof law requiring
payment of minimum wages, unemploymentinsurance,liability insurance,worker's
compensation and other overhead costs, to the detriment of competing law-abiding
businesses;
THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED bv the Board of Commissionerof McKinlev
County as follows:
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DEFINITIONS
As usedin thisOrdinance:
A.
"Business" shall mean any retail or wholesale enterprise at which
merchandise,inventory, or goods are offered for sale, resale,trade exchange,or barter.
"Business" shall not include dwetling units for rental or lease, any licensed liquor
or any trade or professionsubjectto licensureand actuallylicensedunder
establishment,
the provisionsof Chapters36, 56, 58, 59, 59A, 60, 61, 62,63, 64, or 65, of the New
Mexico StatutesAnnotated,1978compilation,as the sameare now or may subsequently
be codified; provided this exemption shall apply only to those transactionsactually
licensed,and shall not apply to sidelineor subsidiarytransactionsnot so licensed.
B.
"Person"shall meanany individual,marital cofirmunity,corporation,joint
venture, estate,partnership,or other entify recognized by law, excluding, however,
agencies,enterprises,or subdivisionsof the United StatesGovernment,the Stateof New
Mexico, the City of Gallup, McKinley County, or the Zuni or Navajo Tribe of India.nsin
their corporate capacities, and further excluding any entity which is exempt from
collectingand paying grossreceiptstaxesunder sections7-9-13 throughT-9-24 1978.
Exemptionsfrom the operationof this ordinanceunder sections7 -9-13 through 7-9-24
N.M.S.A. 1978shallbe an affirmativedefense.
C.
"McKinley County" shall mean any areawithin McKinley County which
is not within the boundariesof an incorporatedcity or town.
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"Flea Market" shall mean any location where personsgather to conduct
retail saleswithout a permanentfixed location or premises,whether rented or owned by
the individual seller or within a righrof-way.
E.
"Vendor" shall mean any person or entity who offers items for sale at a
Flea Market
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LICENSE
A.
No personshall operatebusinessin McKinley County without a licenseor
permit to do so.
B.
shallbe issuedby the County Clerk of
Licensesand permitsfor businesses
McKinley County. Prior to issuingany licenses,or permit the Clerk of McKinley County
shall first receive a completed application for the same, the forms for which shall be
provided by the Clerk. The form of the application shall be the sameas that set forth in
Exhibit A appendedhereto (which form may be amendedby McKinley County from time
to time). The applicationshall be accompaniedby the fee set forth in paragraph2D of
this Ordinance. No licenseor permit shall be issuedunlesseach applicableprovision of
the same shall be filled out completely. A businesslicensedor permitted under this
Ordinanceshall keep the information set forth in the applicationcurrent and up to dateby
providing currentinforrnation in writing to the Clerk of McKinley County.
C.
Each licenseor pennit shall be valid for a period of one year or less and
ending on the thirty-first day of Decemberof each year, unless revoked as provided
below. Each licenseeor permitteeshall at all timesdisplaythe licensewhile engagingin
any businesscoveredunder this Ordinance. A licenseor permit shall be valid anywhere
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in McKinley County, provided, a duplicatelicenseor permit shall be displayedat each
location at which a licenseeor permitteedoesbusiness. The cost for a duplicatelicense
or permit shallbe ten dollars ($10.00).
D.
Each licenseshall cost seventy-five($75.00)annuallyor eachpart thereof.
Anyone doing businessat a "Flea Market" (i.e. Vendors)would be chargeda permit fee
of twenty-fivedollars ($2S.00)per year and the permit would be limited to Flea Markets
or rights-of-way only. (Vendors at a Flea Market or within rights-of-way must obtain a
Flea Market Permit). Licensesor permits would be renewedannuallyeffective January 1
of eachyetr, payableby January31 of eachyear.
3.
DUTES OF THE CLERK OF McKNLEY COUNTY
The Clerk of McKinley County shall preparean index of all businesseslicensed
or permitted under this ordinance. The index shall be so organized that a license or
permit may be located by the name of the businessas licensed or permitted any name
usedby the businesswhich is listed in the application. All informationcontainedin the
applicationfor each license,or pennit issuedby the Clerk of McKinley County and a
copy of the licenseor permit issuedto eachbusiness,shall be kept on file by the Clerk of
McKinley County and be locatableby the use of the index preparedunder this paragraph.
The information set forth except for the gross receipts and compensatingtax number of
the licensee,or permitteeshall be public record. If an applicantdoes not have a Gross
receiptsand cornpensaiingtax number,the CountyClerk wiii proviciethe appiicantwith a
CRS -1 form; Issue a CRS number; and, submit the form and information to the New
of TaxationandRevenrteSeeN M S A 1g7R67-l-1?
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PROHIBITED ACTS
The following acts are prohibited and are punishableas provided below:
A.
Operatingor engagingin businesswithout a licenseor permit to do so;
B.
Failing to display a licenseor permit in such mannerthat it can be easily
seenand readby the public, while engagedin business;
C.
Engaging in businessunder license or permit or purported license or
permit when any information shown on the licenseor permit is incorrect;
D.
Providing false information for the issuanceof a license or perrnit under
this Ordinance,
E.
Operatinga licensedbusinessunder a namenot setforth in the application
for the licenseor permit; or
F.
Failureby a licensedbusiness,FleaMarket or Vender,to keepinformation
in its applicationcurrent and up to d.ate.
G.
The violation of this ordinanceshall not constitutethe basisof an arrestor
closure of a husiness. The ordinance shall be enforced onlv bv the issuanceof a
summonsor citation.
H.
Each day of operationof a businessin violation of this ordinanceshall
constitutea separateoffense.
5.
AFFIRMATIVE
DEFENSE
It shall be an affirmativedefenseto citationsissuedor complaintsbasedupon
A, that complet€dapplicationfor a businesslicenseor permit
Section4, subparagraph
with appropriatefee is receivedat the Office of the Clerk of McKinley Countywithin
thirty daysafter the issuanceof the citationor filing of the complaintbasedthereupon,
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provided, the duration of any license or pennit issued pursuant to such an application
shall run from the date of filing of the citation or complaint.
6.
ENFORCMENT
maybe enforcesandcitationsissuedby:
ThisOrdinance
A. a duly deputizedMcKinley County Sheriff's Deputy from either the
criminal or civil divisions on the standardcitation form for said office; or.
B. a duly authorizedDeputy County Clerk. If by a Deputy County Clerk,
the citation may be on a citation form supplied by the Sheriff's Office, or on a form
developedby the County Clerk. Any prosecutionof a citation issuedby the Clerk's
office shall be carriedout by the issuing Deputy County Clerk.
7.
PUNISHMENT
Violation of this ordinanceor any of its provisionsshall be a misdemeanor
punishedby a fine not to exceedthreehundreddollars, or incarcerationfor a period not to
exceedninety days,or both.
8.
REVOCATION OF TICENSE
to revokeanylicenseor permit
shallbe empowered
The Boardof Commissioners
issued under this Ordinance should any licensee or permittee commit three or more
violations of this Ordinancewithin one vear. A license shall be revoked onlv after a
hearingby the Board of Commissionersat a regularly scheduledmeeting. The Licensee
or permittee shall be given not less than two weeks notice of the meeting, time, and
location by certified maii to the acidressshown in the records of the Cierk of the
McKinley County concerning said license or permit. Such notice shall be deemed
srrfficienturhennailed in accordancewith this sectien. No new licensecr permit shall
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issue to any person or entity which has been revoked, for a period of one year after the
last date of any violation forming the basisof the revocation.
9. EFFECTTVE DATE / REPEALER
This Ordinance,No. JUN-06-A49 shall becomeeffective thirty (30) days after it is
recordedwith the County Clerk, and repealsall prior or similar Ordinancescovering the
same subject matter. This Ordinance, No. JUN-06 -049 specifically repeals Ordinance
No. 05-93-015effectiveMAY ll,1993 and recordedin Book 6 Pages6033-6941of the
recordsof McKinlev Countv.
PASSED,ADOPTED,AND ORDAINEDTHIS 27,hDAY OF JUNE,2A06.
Mc$$ILEY COUNTYBOARDoF COMMISSIONERS
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COMMISSIONER
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TI\.iEC. SLOAN. COLINTY CLERK
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