(a) License Required: Fee.
(1) No person shall act as a canvasser, solicitor, peddler or as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce, calling at residences without the invitation or previous consent of the owner(s) or occupant(s) without first having secured from the Village Administrator a license and pay the applicable fee. The fee schedule is contained in Section 709.16.
(2) All fees collected shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund.
(b) License Application: Contents. Application for a license as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce or as a peddler shall be made upon a form provided by the Village Administrator. Each application shall contain among other information, the name, address and telephone number of the applicant, the name, address and telephone number of his employer, if any; the nature of the goods or services for which he will take orders to be or offered for sale; the proposed method of operation in the Village, and such other information as the Village Administrator may require. A separate license shall be required for each individual salesperson or peddler even though there may be a single employer. Such license shall not be used or represented in any way as an endorsement by the Village. No person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony shall be issued a license as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce or as a peddler. No person who, within the two years immediately preceding application, has been found to have violated any provision of this chapter as a result of an administrative or judicial proceeding shall be issued a license under any section of this chapter.
(c) Exceptions. No license shall be required of a farmer or producer who is selling the product of his own farm.
(Ord. 2006-06. Passed 6-5-06.)
(Ord. 2006-06. Passed 6-5-06.)