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It shall be the duty of the applicant to attach to the application filed a proposed identification card and the name of one person, which person will be the only person authorized to sign and issue such cards. All solicitors or salesmen shall be furnished the cards, properly signed and dated on the person or the solicitor or salesman. Such identification card shall be worn in plain view at all times while the person is selling or soliciting under a permit issued by the City Clerk.
(Ord. 598, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 2710, passed 6-11-1979)
It shall be prohibited for any person to do:
(a) Solicit for a charitable, patriotic or other nonprofit organization unless the organization shall have previously applied for and obtained a permit as set forth in this chapter;
(b) Solicit under this article after 7:00 p.m.
(c) Solicit without the express prior permission of an occupant, at any residence address or apartment complex where there is posted a sign stating: “No Solicitors or Peddlers.”
(d) Engage in door-to-door solicitation or sales prior to 10:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. on any day.
(e) No person shall solicit in the street in such a way so as to obstruct traffic.
(Ord. 2710, passed 6-11-1979; Ord. 3534, passed 5-10-2004)
ARTICLE XXIII. SALE OF ICE CREAM FROM VEHICLES AND THE LIKE
(a) License. No person shall operate a motor vehicle, cart, pushcart, or any other type of vehicle for the purpose of engaging in the business or occupation of selling ice cream or ice cream products on the streets, sidewalks and other public places of the City without a license for that purpose from the City issued by the City Clerk.
(b) Definitions.
CART or PUSHCART. All such forms of conveyance not included within the definition of “vehicle” as used herein.
ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM PRODUCTS or CONFECTIONS. Any frozen product made from cream and/or milk of any kind in connection with any other substance; and sherbet, ice or any imitation ice cream made of water, milk solids or substances, mixtures or compounds offered for sale in imitation of or to resemble ice cream or sherbet.
VEHICLE. Any vehicles which are self- propelled by self-contained mechanical means such as internal combustion engines, but shall not include those which are propelled merely by pushing, pedaling or other means of manpower.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1327, passed 5-7-1956; Ord. 3073, passed 9-26-1988)
(a) Required. No person, firm or corporation shall operate or engage in the business or occupation of operating any vehicle, or cart, or pushcart for the purpose of sale of ice cream, ice cream products, or confections on the streets, sidewalks and other public places of the City without a license for that purpose from the City, issued as provided in this article. Before a license may be issued for such operation of a vehicle classed as a motor vehicle under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, it must first be properly licensed and equipped under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code. A separate license shall be necessary for each vehicle or pushcart.
(b) Documentation. Under this section for a vehicle classed as a motor vehicle under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, documentation must be provided to the City Clerk showing that the vehicle is properly licensed and equipped under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, and that all persons who shall drive said vehicle possess a current valid Michigan driver’s license.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966; Ord. 3073, passed 9-26-1988)
The City Council shall refuse a license when in its opinion there are licensed a sufficient number of such vehicle or vehicles, to adequately serve the public, or when the use of streets, sidewalks or public places congest traffic or endanger the person or property of pedestrians or others using streets, sidewalks or public places.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966)
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