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DIVISION 2: LICENSES REQUIRED
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in transient business in one locality, without having a valid itinerant merchant’s license. Each itinerant merchant shall obtain his, her, or its separate merchant’s license prior to engaging in business.
(B) Exemptions: This section does not apply to the following:
(1) Charitable Solicitors.
(2) Persons selling crafts or goods made by them or their own household personal property.
(3) Persons selling printed material, wood for fuel, ice, eggs, or dairy products.
(4) Persons selling goods at a farmer’s market or auction house.
(Ord. passed 9-19-06; Am. Ord. passed 10-20-09)
It shall be unlawful for any person meeting the definition of a peddler to engage in such business in the City without having a valid City peddler’s license. Each peddler shall obtain his, her or its separate peddler’s license prior to engaging in business. It shall be unlawful for a peddler to operate between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday and all day on Sundays.
(Ord. passed 11-19-96; Am. Ord. passed 10-20-09) Penalty, see § 7-258
It shall be unlawful for any person to go or cause another person to go from house to house to carry on the activities of a charitable solicitor, without having a valid charitable solicitor’s license. Each charitable solicitor shall obtain his, her or its separate charitable solicitor’s license prior to going from house to house to engage in such activities.
(Ord. passed 11-19-96) Penalty, see § 7-258
DIVISION 3: APPLICATION FOR LICENSES, ISSUANCE, DENIALS AND APPEALS
(A) Before engaging in a business activity as a peddler, itinerant merchant or charitable solicitor in the City, a person shall make an application with the City Clerk which shall be upon a form approved by the City Manager and filed with the Clerk. Every such application shall be made under oath and shall contain the following information:
(1) The type of license requested and the applicant’s:
(a) Full name,
(b) Personal description of applicant,
(c) Drivers License Number,
(d) Recent photograph of applicant,
(e) Criminal background check,
(f) Date of birth,
(g) Mailing address, and
(h) Residential address if different from mailing address.
(2) If the application is for a peddler’s license the applicant shall also provide:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the applicant’s current employer if the applicant is employed by another person.
(b) The name and address of each employer for whom the applicant has worked in the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of the application.
(c) A statement of the names of the magazines, journals or books or the types of goods, wares, or merchandise; or articles, tags, services, emblems, publications, tickets, advertisements, subscriptions or things of value that will be solicited or offered for sale.
(3) If the application is for a charitable solicitor’s license the applicant should provide:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the charity for which the person is currently acting as a charitable solicitor.
(b) The name and address of each charity for whom the applicant has worked or engaged in the activities of charitable solicitor in the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of the application.
(c) A statement of the names of the magazines, journals or books or the types of goods, wares, or merchandise; or articles, tags, services, emblems, publications, tickets, advertisements, subscriptions or things of value that will be offered or solicited.
(4) If the application is for an itinerant merchant’s license the applicant should provide:
(a) The location where the goods are to be sold.
(b) A written statement, signed by the owner or lessee of any real property upon which the itinerant merchant offers goods for sale, giving the applicant permission to be upon said real property.
(5) If, within the four-year period immediately preceding the filing of the application, the applicant has been convicted of violating any statute or ordinance relating to the use of sales or subscription solicitations or charitable solicitation methods that involved fraud, misrepresentation or false and misleading statements, the applicant shall state the date and the nature of the conviction, and the name and address of the court in which such conviction occurred.
(Ord. passed 11-19-96; Am. Ord. passed 9-19-06; Am. Ord. passed 10-20-09)
(A) No license shall be issued until the third business day following the filing date.
(B) The Clerk shall immediately transmit a copy of the application to the Police Department for an investigative report.
(C) Upon receipt of a copy of an application for a license from the Clerk, the Police Department shall conduct an investigation of the applicant to verify the truthfulness of the information contained in such application and shall within three business days of the filing date make a written report of its findings to the Clerk.
(D) On the fourth business day following the filing date, the City Clerk shall either:
(1) Issue the license; or
(2) Deny the license and give the applicant a written statement of the reasons for such denial.
(Ord. passed 11-19-96; Am. Ord. passed 10-20-09)
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