(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle, sell, solicit, canvass, hawk, bark or take orders for, or to attempt to peddle, sell, solicit, canvass, hawk, bark or take orders for, any services, wares, merchandise, or goods, or any article of value, including, but not limited to plants, flowers, paintings, novelties, painting house numbers on streets, firewood, books, magazines, photographs, or any articles for future delivery, on a sidewalk, parking lot, or parkway within the city or from door to door without having first obtained a permit therefor from the city.
(B) Each person engaged in peddling, hawking, barking, soliciting, vending, or selling as defined in Division (A) of this section, must have a permit issued under the terms of this subchapter, and such permit shall be personal to the applicant and shall not be reproduced nor assigned nor transferred to any other person. Any such attempted transfer or reproduction shall render the permit void.
(C) Each permit shall expire as of the date noted thereon, which date shall be in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and such permit shall indicate thereon the hours when peddling, solicitation, and selling within the city is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person who shall solicit funds in the city to represent in connection with such solicitation of funds that the issuance of a permit by the city constitutes an endorsement thereof.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit funds for a purpose other than that set out in the registration statement or application upon which the permit was issued.
(F) A permit shall not be issued to any person under 18 years of age.
(G) Solicitation shall be deemed completed when made, regardless of whether the person making the solicitation receives any contribution or makes any sale.
(Ord. O-12-724, passed 2-6-2012) Penalty, see § 111.99