(A) County license required. No person shall conduct business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant within the city limits without first having obtained the appropriate license from the county as may be required by M.S. Ch. 329, as it may be amended from time to time, if the county issues a license for the activity.
(B) City registration required. No person shall conduct business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant within the city limits without first having registered with the City Administrator at City Hall.
(C) Registration form.
(1) A person wishing to conduct business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant within the city limits shall complete a form approved by the City Council and available from the office of the City Administrator. All registration forms shall be signed by the peddler, solicitor or transient merchant. Immediately upon completion of the registration form, the City Administrator shall issue to the registrant a certificate of registration as proof of the registration. Certificates of registration shall be non-transferrable.
(2) All registration forms shall include the following information:
(a) The registrant’s full legal name;
(b) Any and all other names under which the registrant has or does conduct business or to which the registrant will officially answer to;
(c) A physical description of the registrant (hair color, eye color, height, weight, any distinguishing marks or features and the like);
(d) Full address of registrant’s permanent residence;
(e) Telephone number of registrant’s permanent residence;
(f) Full legal name of any and all business operations owned, managed or operated by registrant, or for which the registrant is an employee or an agent;
(g) Full address of registrant’s regular place of business, if any exists;
(h) Any and all business-related telephone numbers of the registrant, including cellular phones and facsimile (fax) machines;
(i) The type of business for which the registrant is registering;
(j) The dates during which the registrant intends to conduct business, with a maximum of 14 consecutive days;
(k) Any and all addresses and telephone numbers where the registrant can be reached while conducting business within the city, including the location where a transient merchant intends to set up his or her business;
(l) A statement as to whether or not the registrant has been convicted within the last five years of any felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor for violating any state or federal statute or any local ordinance, other than minor traffic offenses;
(m) A list of the three most recent locations where the registrant has conducted business as a peddler or transient merchant;
(n) Proof of any required county license;
(o) Written permission of the property owner or the property owner’s agent for any location to be used by a transient merchant;
(p) A general description of the items to be sold or services to be provided;
(q) Any and all additional information as may be deemed necessary by the City Council;
(r) The registrant’s driver’s license number or other acceptable form of identification; and
(s) The license plate number, registration information, vehicle identification number (VIN) and physical description for any vehicle to be used in conjunction with the business operation.
(D) Fee. No fee is required to register with the city.
(E) Duration. Registration is valid only during the time period indicated on the registration form, with a maximum of 14 consecutive days.
(F) Exemption. No registration shall be required for any person going from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street-to-street or any other type of place-to-place movement for the primary purpose of exercising that person’s state or federal constitutional rights such as the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and the like. This exemption will not apply if the person’s exercise of constitutional rights is merely incidental to what would properly be considered a commercial activity.
(Ord. 364, passed 12-16-2013)