A. The permit requirement in this Section does not apply to merchants or their employees delivering goods in the regular course of business; to persons who distribute printed material but who do not make personal contact with the resident thereon; to the daily delivery of newspapers; solicitation of orders for future door delivery of newspapers; to the sale at wholesale to a retailer; to the delivery of perishable food or dairy products to customers on an established delivery route; or to activities associated with the exercise of a person’s constitutional rights (freedom of press, speech, religion and the like) providing that no merchandise is concurrently offered for sale.
B. The permit requirement in this Section does not apply to peddlers or solicitors who are 17 years of age or younger, who are engaged in permit activities on behalf of a public school or private school, philanthropic organization, or community organization, which private school, philanthropic organization or community organization or its parent organization is on file with the Minnesota Secretary of State as a Minnesota domestic or a foreign business organization or has filed an assumed name, where the proceeds of the sales are mainly devoted to the benefit of the children engaged in the permit activities.
C. The permit requirement in this Section does not apply to non-commercial door-to-door advocates. This exemption will not apply if the person’s exercise of constitutional rights is merely incidental to a commercial activity.
D. The permit requirement in this Section does not apply to the following activities: the sale of farm or garden products upon property in which the products were grown; any sale under court order; garage sales, rummage sales, estate sales conducted on the seller’s property; or any sale conducted by a properly licensed auctioneer. The number of the occasions per property shall be limited to three per year, and the duration of each occasion shall be limited to four days.
E. The permit requirement in this Section does not apply to a solicitor or canvasser doing business by appointment. A bona fide appointment is one that is not merely obtained by going door to door in conjunction with the taking of orders, offering for sale or selling.
F. The permit requirement in this Section does not apply to vendors invited to city approved events related to: Friendly City Days, a farmers’ market within a City park, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Albertville Fire Department, and any other community event or fundraisers the City Council deems exempt.
(Ord. 2004-14; amd. Ord. 2021-05, 3-15-2021)