(A) Required. It shall be unlawful for any itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor to engage in any activity mentioned in § 114.25 of this chapter within the city without first obtaining a license to do so from the City Secretary.
(2012 Code, § 68-61)
(B) Application. Any person desiring a license required by this subchapter shall make written application to the City Secretary. Such application shall show:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The name and address of the person he or she represents;
(3) The kind of goods offered for sale;
(4) Whether the applicant, upon any such sale or order, shall demand, accept or receive payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery; and
(5) The period of time such applicant wishes to sell or solicit in the city.
(2012 Code, § 68-62)
(C) Applicant to furnish photograph. Each applicant for a license under this subchapter shall submit with his or her application for such license a photograph of himself or herself taken not more than 12 months preceding the date of the application.
(2012 Code, § 68-63)
(D) Bond of applicant.
(1) The application for a license under this subchapter shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of $1,000, signed by the applicant and signed, as surety, by some surety company authorized to do business in the state, conditioned for the final delivery of goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, magazines and newspapers in accordance with the terms of any order obtained prior to delivery and also conditioned to indemnify any and all purchasers or customers for any and all defects in material or workmanship that may exist in the article sold by the principal of the bond, at the time of delivery, and that may be discovered by such purchaser or customer within 30 days after delivery. Such bond shall be for the use and benefit of all persons that may make any purchase or give any order to the principal on the bond or to any agent or employee of the principal.
(2) In case the applicant for such a license is a person engaging in any activity mentioned in § 114.25 of this chapter through one or more agents or employees, such applicant shall be required to enter into only one bond in the sum of $1,000 as required in division (D)(1) above, which bond shall be made to cover the activities of all agents or employees of the applicant.
(2012 Code, § 68-64)
(E) Fee. The license fee for an itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor shall be as established by the Council. When any person engages in any activity mentioned in § 114.25 of this chapter through one or more agents or employees, such person shall, in addition to such fee, pay a license fee in the same amount for each agent or employee so engaged. The fees provided for in this division (E) shall be used for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the issuing of such licenses.
(2012 Code, § 68-65)
(F) Term. Any license issued under this subchapter shall be valid for a period of three, six or 12 months from the date of issuance, depending on the amount of fee paid in accord with division (E) above.
(2012 Code, § 68-66)
(G) To be carried on person. Any license issued under this subchapter shall be carried on the person of the itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor at all times while he or she is engaged in soliciting or selling.
(2012 Code, § 68-67)
(H) Exemptions. The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to 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 or dairy products grown or produced by themselves, nor to persons engaged in interstate commerce and registered in accordance with § 114.25 of this chapter.
(2012 Code, § 68-68) Penalty, see § 10.99