(A) Any person desiring to engage in the business of peddling, hawking, soliciting, selling, offering for sale or exchange, or soliciting orders for future delivery of any goods, wares, merchandise, medicine, produce, baked goods, fruits, vegetables, meats, magazines, periodicals, or any other article or thing of value of any kind or character within the city shall, before engaging in such business, file with the Clerk-Treasurer an application stating his name and address, the firm or corporation which he represents, if any, the kind of goods, services, or articles to be offered for sale, and whether for present delivery or future delivery, and the length of time he so desires to engage in such business.
(B) Such application shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of $500, executed by the applicant and by a recognized bonding company as surety, subject to the approval of the Clerk-Treasurer. If the applicant so desires, he may deposit a cash bond in said amount with the Clerk-Treasurer in lieu of a surety bond as heretofore provided.
(C) The bond shall continue in full force and effect during the period such peddler, hawker, or solicitor is authorized to transact business in the city, and for a further period of 90 days thereafter. Such bond, if a cash bond, shall be retained by the Clerk-Treasurer for a period of 90 days after the termination of the period that such peddler, hawker, or solicitor is authorized to transact business in the city.
(D) The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful, complete, and satisfactory performance of any contract of sale for present or future delivery by the applicant while engaged in such business in the city, and shall include the standards and guarantees set forth in this section. It shall be conditioned to the payment of any judgment or judgments rendered against the applicant and arising out of any transaction or contract entered into by him while engaged in the business of hawking, peddling, or soliciting in the city. Any person aggrieved or damaged by any transaction or contract with the applicant while engaged in business in the city shall have a right of action on the bond.
(E) On filing the application and bond and approval by the Clerk- Treasurer, he shall issue a license to the applicant authorizing him to begin business in the city for the period of time set forth in said license.
(F) Nothing in this section shall apply to the sale of agricultural produce which the seller has raised, the sale and distribution of newspapers, the sale or distribution of milk, or sales by traveling salesmen to retail merchants.
(Ord. 242, passed 11-21-38)