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All solicitors, and any person exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter under § 114.03, shall be required to register with the city. Persons engaging in door-to-door advocacy shall not be required to register. The term
DOOR-TO-DOOR ADVOCACY includes door-to-door canvassing and pamphleteering as vehicles for the dissemination of religious, political and other ideas. Registration shall be made on the same form required for a license application, but no fee shall be required. 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- transferable.
Penalty, see § 10.99
No peddler, solicitor or transient merchant shall conduct business in any of the following manners:
(A) Calling attention to his or her business or items to be sold by means of blowing any horn or whistle, ringing any bell, crying out or by any other noise, so as to be unreasonably audible within an enclosed structure;
(B) Obstructing the free flow of either vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any street, alley, sidewalk or other public right-of-way;
(C) Conducting business in a way as to create a threat to the health, safety and welfare of any individual or the general public;
(D) Conducting business before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.;
(E) Failing to provide proof of license or registration and identification, when requested, or using the license or registration of another person;
(F) Making any false or misleading statements about the product or service being sold, including untrue statements of endorsement. No peddler, solicitor or transient merchant shall claim to have the endorsement of the city solely based on the city having issued a license or certificate of registration to that person; and/or
(G) Remaining on the property of another when requested to leave, or to otherwise conduct business in a manner a reasonable person would find obscene, threatening, intimidating or abusive.
Penalty, see § 10.99
No peddler, solicitor or transient merchant, unless invited to do so by the property owner or tenant, shall enter the property of another for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant when the property is marked with a sign or placard at least four inches long and four inches wide with print of at least 48 point in size stating "No Peddlers, Solicitors or Transient Merchants," or "Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants Prohibited" or other comparable statement. No person other than the property owner or tenant shall remove, deface or otherwise tamper with any sign or placard under this section.
Penalty, see § 10.99
The provisions of §§ 114.01, 114.02, 114.08 and 114.09 shall automatically apply upon adoption of this chapter. Sections 114.03, 114.04, 114.05, 114.06 and 114.07 shall not be effective until the adoption of a City Council resolution or ordinance authorizing the licensing of persons covered by those sections.