(a) License Required; Fee. No person shall act as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce, or peddler calling at residences or places of business without the invitation or previous consent of the owner(s) or occupant(s) except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday without first having secured from the Mayor a license therefor. The license shall be issued as follows:
(1) Payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee for a six-day permit.
(2) In order to receive a permit, the applicant must show proof that the applicant has registered with the City Income Tax Department.
(3) The applicant must have a company issued ID/Photo ID. It must be worn and displayed at all times while engaging in door-to-door sales, solicitations as a salesperson or peddler.
(b) Other License Required: Fee. 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, on foot, 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 8:00 a.m. daily.
The license shall be issued as follows:
(1) Payment of three dollars ($3.00) per day or fifteen dollars ($15.00) per week.
(2) In order to receive a permit, the applicant must show proof that the applicant has registered with the City Income Tax Department.
(Ord. 32, 2013. Passed 5-6-13.)
(c) EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Subsection (c) hereof was repealed by Ordinance 32- 2013.
(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, such latter class of sales being governed by the registration requirements of Section 713.05
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(e) Duties of Licensee. 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 communicable 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 Service and Safety.
(2) Any license issued hereunder shall be revoked by the Director of Public Service and Safety if the holder thereof is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions 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 Service and Safety 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.