(A) It shall be unlawful for a transient merchant to transact business in the county unless such transient merchant and the owners of any goods, wares, or merchandise to be offered for sale, or sold, have first secured a license as herein provided, and shall have complied with the other requirements of this chapter herein set forth.
(B) This section shall not apply to the selling of personal property at wholesale to dealers in such articles; to merchants or their employees in delivering goods in the regular course of business; to vendors of milk, bakery products, or groceries who distribute their products to regular customers on established routes; or to farmers or truck gardeners who vend, sell or dispose of, or offer to sell, vend, or dispose of the products of the farms or gardens occupied and cultivated by them. This section does not prohibit any sale required by statute or by order of any court, or prohibit any auction sales conducted pursuant to law.
(C) Further, this chapter does not apply to religious or charitable organizations with tax exempt status from both state and federal government, County Volunteer Fire Departments, public or private schools, local service clubs, all United Way Agencies, and other non-profit organizations. Further, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business, nor to bona fide sale of goods, wares, or merchandise by sample for future delivery, or to sheriffs, or other public officers selling goods, wares, and merchandise according to law, nor to bona fide assignees or receivers appointed in this state selling goods, wares, and merchandise for the benefit of creditors.
(Prior Code, § 111.02) (Ord. 2008-05, passed 9-2-2008)