(a) License Required; Fee.
(1) No person shall act as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce, calling at residences or places of business without the invitation or previous consent of the owner(s) or occupant(s) without first having secured from the Secretary to the Director of Public Safety-Service his license therefor. The fee for such license shall be as follows:
A. For one Day |
$5.00 |
B. For one Week |
$10.00 |
C. For one Year |
$25.00 |
(2) No Peddler shall sell or offer for sale in this City any goods, merchandise or services without first having secured from the Secretary to the Director of Public Safety-Service a license therefor. The fee for such license shall be as follows:
Nature of Operation | Day | Week | Year |
A. Truck or other street vehicle |
$5.00 |
$10.00 |
$25.00 |
B. Push Cart |
$5.00 |
$10.00 |
$25.00 |
C. Carried Door-to-Door |
$5.00 |
$10.00 |
$25.00 |
(3) All fees collected shall be paid in to 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 Secretary of the Director of Public Safety-Service. Each application shall contain among other information, the name, address and phone number of the applicant; the name, address, and phone number of his or her employer, if any; the nature of the goods or services for which he will take orders or to be offered for sale; the proposed method of operation in the City; and such other information as the Director of Public Safety-Service may require. A separate license shall be required for each individual salesperson or peddler even though there may be a single employer. 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. Each applicant shall submit to fingerprinting for identification purposes, unless said applicant furnishes his or her driver’s license, state identification card or other identification.
(c) Hours of Operation. It is unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door of a residence located therein, or rap or knock upon any door, or create any sound in any manner calculated to attract the attention of any occupant thereof of such residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with occupant(s) thereof and to engage in canvassing as defined in Section 717.01, prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday. No person shall sell or offer for sale any candy, ice cream, confection or any food or beverage for human consumption from any motor vehicle, vehicle or cart of any kind on any public street, sidewalk, or public area in the City, except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily.
(d) Exceptions. No license shall be required of a farmer or producer who is selling the product of his own farm, or of a bona-fide representative of a charitable, church or religious organization who is selling exclusively books or tracts published by a religious group or other goods or merchandise sold in connection with an appeal to charitable or religious purposes.
(e) Duties of License. No door-to-door salesperson’s or peddler’s license shall be transferable nor shall it be used by any person other than the licensee. Such license must be exhibited on request to any law enforcement officer or to any prospective customer. No licensee shall wear any part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States while actually engaging in door-to-door sales or peddling.
(f) Investigation; License Revocation.
(1) Upon a written complaint being filed with the Police Department that any door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce or any peddler is suffering from a dangerous contagious disease or has made himself obnoxious to the public by the use of indecent, profane or insulting language, or the unsanitary condition of his person or clothing, an investigation shall be made, and if such complaint is found to be true, the license of such door-to- door salesperson or peddler shall be revoked by the Director of Public Safety-Service.
(2) Any license issued hereunder shall be revoked by the Director of Public Safety-Service if the holder thereof is convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter, or has made a false material statement in the application.
(3) Immediately upon such revocation, written notice thereof shall be given by the Director of Public Safety-Service to the holder of the license in person or by certified U.S. Mail addressed to his or her residence address as set forth in the application. Immediately upon the giving of such notice the license shall become null and void.
(Ord. 02-25. Passed 10-14-02.)