A. The provisions of this Title shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a license fee to conduct, manage or carry on any business, occupation or activities, or require the payment of any license fee from any institution or organization so conducted, managed or carried on, wholly for the benefit of charity purposes, or from which profit is not derived, either directly or indirectly by any person, or shall any license be required for the conducting of any entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture on scientific, historical, literary or religious or moral subjects, whenever the receipts of such entertainment, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be appropriated to any person or school, or to any religious benevolent purpose, within the City, nor shall any license be required for the conducting of any entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition or lecture by any religious, charitable, fraternal, educational, military, state, county or municipal organization or association, whenever the receipts of any such entertainment, dance, concert, exhibition or lecture are to be appropriated for the purpose and objects for which such association or organization was formed and from which profit is not derived either directly or indirectly by any person. Nothing in this Title shall be deemed to exempt any such association or organization from complying with the provisions of this Title or any other ordinance of the City requiring such institution or organization to obtain a permit from the City Council or proper officers to conduct, manage or carry on any such entertainment, concert, exhibition, lecture, dance or any business.
B. Nothing in this Title shall be deemed or construed as applying to any person managing or carrying on, or engaging in, any business or occupation exempt from taxation by municipal corporations under the laws and Constitution of the State, and the laws and Constitution of the United States.
C. The provisions of this Title shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a license fee by any person peddling, exclusively, any fruits or vegetables or any other products raised upon his lands; provided, that such person shall furnish conclusive proof to the City Clerk that such products were raised by him upon his lands before the issuance of a license exempt from the fee and any person so peddling shall carry such license with him.
D. The provisions of this Title shall not be deemed or construed to require the payment of a license fee by any doctor, lawyer, architect, real estate or other professional person not having a fixed place of business within the City, who is called upon to come to the City to render service on a casual basis.
E. Every peddler, solicitor or other person claiming to be entitled to exemption from the payment of any license fee provided for in this Title upon the grounds that such license casts a burden upon his rights to engage in commerce with foreign nations or with the several states, or conflicts with the regulations of the United States Congress respecting interstate commerce, shall file a verified statement with the City Clerk disclosing the interests or other character of his business entitled to such exemption. Such statement shall state the name and location of the company or firm for which the orders are to be solicited or secured, the name of the nearest local or state manager, if any, and his address, the kinds of goods, wares or merchandise to be delivered, the place from which the same are to be shipped or forwarded, the method of soliciting or taking orders, the location of any warehouse, factory or plant within the State, the method of delivery, the name and location of the residence of the applicant, and any other facts necessary to establish such claim of exemption. A copy of the order blank, contract form or other papers used by such person in taking orders shall be attached to the affidavit for the information of the City Clerk.
If it appears that the applicant is entitled to such exemption, the City Clerk shall forthwith issue a free license.
F. Nothing in this Section shall exempt any person from complying with any of the regulations, measures or provisions of this Title, except the payment of license fees; and any license exempt of fee under the provisions of this Section is nontransferable.
[Ord. No. 462, Section 3, 5/9/07.]