(A) Commercial travelers or sales agents. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or sales agents in the usual course of business, nor to sales made under authority and by order of law, nor to vendors of farm and dairy products or other articles of food grown and produced by them in this country, and they shall not be required to pay the fees required by this chapter. However, the registration card required hereby shall be issued to such persons by the city upon satisfactory proof that they have produced or grown the product to be peddled, and such cards shall so state. This chapter shall not apply to regularly-established route salespersons or other persons having customers to whom they make periodic deliveries, who do not demand, accept or receive payments or deposits of money in advance of final delivery.
(B) Organizations. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to solicitation, sale or distribution made by charitable, educational or religious organizations, nor shall it apply to community drives.
(C) Interstate commerce.
(1) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons engaged in interstate commerce; provided, however, that, it shall be unlawful for a person engaged in interstate commerce to go from house to house or place to place in the city without having first registered with, and obtained from, the city a permit therefor giving the following information:
(a) Name, birthplace, home address and local address, if any of registrant;
(b) Physical description, including color of hair and eyes, height, weight, complexion and distinguishing scars and marks, if any;
(c) Statement of whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime (other than minor traffic violations) and, if so, what, when and where conviction occurred;
(d) Name and address of person, if any, that individual represents or from whom or through whom orders are to be solicited or cleared;
(e) Description of product and method of selling;
(f) Period of time during which the registrant wishes to solicit or sell;
(g) Statement of whether or not such activity is involved in interstate commerce; and
(h) Character references.
(2) The applicant for such registration may be finger-printed and photographed for purposes of identification.
(3) The applicant, at the time of the application, shall submit for inspection to the city written proof of his or her identification, in addition to the above-named items. Such identification may be in the form of an automobile operator’s license, a letter of identification or a card issued to the applicant by the person for or through whom orders are to be solicited or cleared. The city shall have a reasonable time to check such information before issuing a registration card.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 113.99