(A) License required. It shall be unlawful to offer for sale, trade, or barter any goods on a temporary basis without an appropriate license as outlined herein.
(B) Requirements for obtaining a license.
(1) Any merchant requesting an itinerant merchant or vendor permit must prove that said sales will be offered as part of a duly licensed fair, festival, flea market, fund-raising event, or in association with an event held at a convention center.
(2) Application must be made to the City Clerk by the vendor requesting a license, on appropriate forms supplied by the City Clerk, at least ten days prior to the requested event or sale. Said forms shall be provided by the City Clerk to the agent of the organization sponsoring the event, who shall then be responsible for forwarding said applications and forms to the vendors. License fee shall be paid at the time of application.
(3) Agent of sponsoring organization shall supply the City Clerk with a list of all vendors participating in said event, complete with names, permanent addresses, and all other information as may be required in the vendor permit before the time of application for vendor permits.
(4) The City Clerk or Mayor may request a background check by the Police Department before issuing a vendor or itinerant merchant license.
(5) The fee for an itinerant merchant or vendor license shall be $25 for a period of time not to exceed 72 hours.
(6) The city may deny the individual vendor license on grounds of failure to pay taxes, failure to cooperate with authorities, failure to apply within the required ten days, previous suspension or revocation of license, or other just cause.
(C) License must be conspicuously posted. Said license shall be posted in a conspicuous location at each vendor's location or booth throughout the duration of the event for which the license was obtained.
(D) Peddlers. It shall be unlawful to peddle or hawk goods, wares, products or services in the city, from house to house, place to place or street to street, except those persons participating in duly recognized fundraising events, including but not limited to, religious, charitable, patriotic or philanthropic events. This division (D) shall not apply to persons making regular sales or deliveries on established routes throughout the year.
(E) Hourly limitations on door-to-door peddlers, solicitors or communicators. It shall be unlawful for peddlers or door-to-door solicitors or communicators as defined in this chapter to peddle, solicit or communicate for commercial, business, religious, political, charitable, patriotic or philanthropic purposes door-to-door, house-to-house, place-to-place, or street-to-street after sunset or before sunrise on any day.
('69 Code, §§ 12-4 and 12-5) (Ord. O-92-5, passed 4-27-92; Am. Ord. O-00-35, passed 11-27-00; Am. Ord. O-08-09, passed 4-14-08; Am. Ord. O-09-06, passed 2-23-09) Penalty, see § 110.99