CHAPTER 111:  PEDDLERS
Section
   111.01   Definitions
   111.02   License required
   111.03   Application procedure
   111.04   Standards for issuance
   111.05   Revocation procedure
   111.06   Standards for revocation
   111.07   Appeal procedure
   111.08   Exhibition of identification
   111.09   Policy on soliciting
   111.10   Notice regulating soliciting
   111.11   Posted notice; solicitors to comply
   111.12   Prohibited solicitation
§ 111.01  DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   BUSINESS.  The business carried on by any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor as defined in this section.
   GOODS.  Merchandise of any description whatsoever, and includes, but is not restricted to, wares and foodstuffs.
   ITINERANT MERCHANT.  Any person, whether as owner, agent, or consignee, who engages in a temporary business of selling goods within the city and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, structure, vehicle, or any place within the city.
   PEDDLER.  Any person, not an itinerant merchant, who:
      (1)   Travels from place to place by any means carrying goods for sale, or making sales, or making deliveries; or
      (2)   Without traveling from place to place, sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the city.
   SOLICITOR.  Any person who travels by any means from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods to be delivered in the future or for services to be performed in the future.  A person who is a solicitor is not a peddler.
§ 111.02  LICENSE REQUIRED.
   (A)   Any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor shall obtain a license before engaging in such activity within the city.
   (B)   The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as follows: $10 per day, $20 per week, $50 per month, and $100 per year.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any solicitor, salesman, or peddler to solicit any individual between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., unless they have a previous appointment with the resident or residents of the premise solicited. It shall be unlawful at any hour for a solicitor, salesman, or peddler to solicit without a proper permit on his or her person at all times.
   (D)   No license issued under this section shall be transferable.
   (E)   All day licenses issued under this chapter shall expire 24 hours after the date of issuance thereof.
   (F)   All week licenses issued under this chapter will expire seven days after the date of issuance thereof.
   (G)   All month licenses issued under this chapter will expire 30 days after the date of issuance thereof.
   (H)   All year licenses issued under this chapter will expire one year after the date of issuance thereof.
(Ord. 1017, passed 7-14-2015)  Penalty, see § 10.99
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