757.01 Definitions.
757.02 Peddling at private residences.
757.03 Registration and permit.
757.04 Police Department permit required.
757.05 Information required; license issuance.
757.06 License fees.
757.07 Exemption from license and fee.
757.08 Employees of exempt peddlers or solicitors; license; fee.
757.09 Exemptions generally.
757.10 Display of license and photograph.
757.11 Display of permit.
757.12 Hours of business.
757.13 Peddling forbidden where sign prohibits.
757.14 Misrepresentation.
757.15 Disturbing the peace; noise.
757.16 Sale in parks and public grounds; newspapers; registration.
757.17 Transfer of license or permit.
757.18 Revocation of license; appeal
757.19 Unlicensed peddler; license fee.
757.20 Prohibition of home solicitation.
757.21 Registration, inspection and operation of ice cream vehicles.
757.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.61 et seq.
Charitable solicitations - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 1716
License revocation of peddler - see Ohio R.C. 2961.03
Sales of goods and services within right of way of interstate and other state highways - see Ohio R.C. 5515.07
Trespassing - see GEN. OFF. 541.12
Advertising - see GEN. OFF. 541.30
Disturbing the peace - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 545
Peddling or soliciting prohibited in parks - see S.U. & P.S. 947.06
For the purposes of this chapter certain words are defined as follows:
(a) “Person” means an individual, association of individuals, a partnership, corporation, society and Massachusetts or common law trust.
(b) “Peddle” means to sell and make immediate delivery of or offer for sale and immediate delivery of, any goods, wares or merchandise, in the possession of the seller, at any place within the City other than a fixed place of business.
(c) “Peddler” means any person who peddles, as defined in subsection (b) hereof.
(d) “Solicit” means to sell or take orders, or to offer to sell or take orders, for goods, wares or merchandise, for future delivery, or for services to be performed, at any place within the City other than a fixed place of business.
(e) “Solicitor” means any person who solicits, as defined in subsection (d) hereof.
(Ord. 10021. Passed 5-4-53.)
No person who has not obtained a permit or license, or both, as required by this chapter, shall go in or upon residential property, or ring a doorbell, or knock on a door of a private residence, including an apartment, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner, occupant or lessee of such private residence or apartment, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise, or peddling or hawking goods, wares or merchandise.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59.)
No person, except those exempted under Section 757.09, shall peddle or solicit without having complied with the following requirements:
(a) Every person who desires to peddle or solicit shall register in a registration book provided for that purpose in the Police Department, the following information:
(1) The name, age and physical description of the applicant;
(2) A complete permanent and local address of the applicant;
(3) The name and address of the person, group or corporation for whom the solicitation is presently being made;
(4) A description of the nature of the business in which he or she is engaged, and the kind of goods, services or wares to be peddled or solicited;
(5) The names of all other municipalities in which the applicant has conducted soliciting activities during the past three months;
(6) Whether the applicant has ever been denied a license or permit to solicit or had such a license or permit revoked, including the time and place of such denial or revocation;
(7) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation involving moral turpitude, including the time and place of any such conviction;
(8) The proposed dates and times of the solicitations and the routes to be followed or locations in conducting the same; and
(9) The make, model, year, color and license plate number of all vehicles used by the applicant during the period of solicitation and the number of the applicant's driver's license and the state of issuance.
(b) Such registration shall be valid for a period of one year and such person must register at the end of each year.
(c) As evidence of compliance with the provisions of this section, the Police Department shall issue to each person who complies, a permit which shows the name and address of such person, the name of the person he or she represents or by whom he or she is employed, if any, and the kind of goods or property to be peddled or solicited.
(d) Every person applying for a permit pursuant to this section must pay in advance a nonrefundable application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.
(e) Where applicable, every person shall have a valid County vendor's license as required under Ohio R.C. 5739.17.
(Ord. 223-1988. Passed 10-3-88.)
(f) Any person applying for a permit pursuant to this section shall permit the Police Department to fingerprint him or her.
(Ord. 227-1988. Passed 10-17-88.)
No person shall be issued a license by the Chief of Police unless such person first has been issued a permit for peddling or soliciting by the Police Department, or has obtained a clearance from the Law Department stating that no license is required.
(Ord. 178-1959. Passed 9-14-59; Ord. 138-2002. Passed 7-1-02.)
Licenses shall be issued by the Chief of Police upon the applicant's complying with the following provisions:
(a) Giving his or her name, present address and permanent address;
(b) Giving a brief description of the nature of the business and the kinds of goods or property to be peddled or solicited;
(c) Paying the license fee required by this chapter for such license;
(d) Giving the name and address of the licensed employer and exhibiting credentials showing he or she is an authorized employee or representative of such licensed employer, in the event the application is for an employee's license;
(e) Furnishing two photographs of the applicant, of appropriate size, one of which shall be attached at all times to the license, and the other delivered by the Finance Director to the Police Chief for his or her files.
(Ord. 318-1958. Passed 10-20-58; Ord. 138-2002. Passed 7-1-02.)
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