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It is illegal to sell ice cream in a cemetery.


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Sec. 7-34. Merchandising, advertising and signs prohibited. (a) Vending and peddling. No person in any city cemetery shall expose or offer for sale any article or thing, nor shall he station or place any stand, cart, or vehicle for the transportation, sale or display of any such article or thing. (b) Advertising. No person in any city cemetery shall announce, advertise, or call the public attention in any way to any article or service for sale or hire. (c) Signs. No person in any city cemetery shall paste, glue, tack or otherwise post any sign, placard, advertisement, or inscription whatever, nor shall any person erect or cause to be erected any sign whatever on any public lands or highways or roads adjacent to any city cemetery. (Ord. No. 378, ยง 4, 10-1-01)

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One Response to “It is illegal to sell ice cream in a cemetery.”

Comment from RyBread
Time July 21, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Didn’t they do this on Spongebob?

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