(A) (1) The annual license fee to act as a hawker and peddler, if the person licensed travels without a vehicle, shall be an amount set forth by Council from time to time, if he or she travels with a motor vehicle of not more than one-half ton capacity, an amount set forth by Council from time to time; if he or she travels with a vehicle of more than one-half ton capacity, but not exceeding one ton capacity, an amount set forth by Council from time to time; if he or she travels with a vehicle of more than one ton capacity, but not exceeding two tons capacity, an amount set forth by Council from time to time; and if he or she travels with a vehicle of more than two tons capacity, an amount set forth by Council from time to time; and the person licensed shall pay at the same rate for each and every motor vehicle so used. Such person shall carry his or her license in some conspicuous place in his or her vehicle or about his or her pack.
(2) When used in this section, the term SALE shall mean and include both sales for money payment or for barter, and offers to make any such sale and offers to render any service or the rendering thereof.
(3) Any person who shall carry goods, wares or merchandise from place to place, either in person or by agent or employee, and sell, for delivery at the same time, any such goods, wares or merchandise to any purchaser, at wholesale or retail, and any person who shall solicit for the purpose of rendering any service, shall be deemed a hawker or peddler under this section.
(B) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who sells any goods, wares or merchandise to be delivered in the future; or to any of the following who offer immediate delivery of the goods, wares or merchandise being sold:
(1) Any person or persons engaged within this county in the business or calling of agriculture, horticulture or grazing, who sells or sell individually or collectively, one or more for the other or others, the products derived from his, her or their business or calling aforesaid;
(2) Any person engaged in the maintenance or operation of a retail merchandise store to exchange goods, wares or merchandise from such store for agricultural, horticultural or grazing products, or to resell any such products received in due course of such business; nor to any other retail business concern, established and operating continuously for one year or more within this state in the sale of any product or products over regular route;
(3) Any wholesaler or jobber selling soft drinks or nonintoxicating beer for which he or she is duly licensed under other provisions of this code;
(4) Any person who sells petroleum products, ice, wood, meat, milk, ice cream, bread, cakes, pies, and other bakery products, butter and eggs, manufactured, grown or produced by any such person and not purchased by him or her for resale;
(5) Any sales by societies, groups or organizations acting for charitable, religious or benevolent purposes; and
(6) Any agent or salesperson selling manufactured products, except green groceries and canned or bottled fruit products, produced by his or her employer, and who sells the same to retail dealers for the purpose of resale.
(1991 Code, § 6-14.08) (Ord. passed 2-16-1984)