CHAPTER 110: UNSOLICITED SALES
Section
   110.01   Definitions
   110.02   Unlawful to solicit
   110.03   Certificate of registration; applications
   110.04   Record-keeping; applications
   110.05   Revocation of certificate
   110.06   Refusal of invitation
   110.07   Examination; departing premises
   110.08   Prohibiting sounds in defiance
§ 110.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   REGISTERED SOLICITOR. Any person who has obtained a valid certificate of registration, as hereinafter provided, which certificate is in the possession of the solicitor, on his or her person, while engaged in soliciting.
   RESIDENCE. Every separate living unit occupied for residential purposes by one or more persons, contained within any type of building or structure.
   SOLICITING. Any one or more of the following activities:
      (1)   Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs, services of any kind, character or description whatever, for any kind of consideration whatever;
      (2)   Seeking to obtain prospective customers for application or purchase of insurance and/or security of any type, kind or character;
      (3)   Seeking to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers and every other type or kind of publication; or
      (4)   Seeking to obtain gifts or contributions of money, clothing or any other valuable thing for the support or benefit of any charitable or nonprofit association, organization, corporation or project.
(`90 Code, § 8.32.010) (Ord. 75-28, passed - -)
§ 110.02 UNLAWFUL TO SOLICIT.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a canvasser or solicitor, calling at residences without the previous consent of the occupant for the purpose of soliciting, without first having registered in the city office and having received a certificate of registration from the city.
(`90 Code, § 8.32.020) (Ord. 75-28, passed - -)
Cross-reference:
   Municipal violations bureau and civil penalty, see Ch. 34
§ 110.03 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; APPLICATIONS.
   (A)   Every person desiring to engage in soliciting, as herein defined, from persons in residences within the municipality is hereby required to make written application for a certificate of registration, as hereinafter provided. The certificate shall be carried by the solicitor and presented to each prospective purchaser or donor for inspection prior to any solicitation or when inspection of the certificate is demanded by any police officer or the Code Enforcement Officer of the city.
(`90 Code, § 8.32.030)
   (B)   (1)   Application for a certificate of registration shall be made upon a form provided by the city. The applicant shall truthfully state, in full, the information requested on the application:
         (a)   Name and address of present place of residence and length of residence at the address and, also, the business address if other than present residential address;
         (b)   Address of place of residence during the past three years if other than present address;
         (c)   Age of applicant;
         (d)   Physical description of the applicant;
         (e)   Name and address of the person, firm or corporation or association whom the applicant is employed by or represents and the length of time of the employment or representation;
         (f)   Name and address of employer during the past three years if other than the present employer;
         (g)   Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage;
         (h)   Period of time for which the certificate is applied;
         (i)   The date, or approximate date, of the latest previous application for certificate under this chapter, if any;
         (j)   Has a certificate of registration issued to the applicant under this chapter ever been revoked; and
         (k)   Has the applicant ever been convicted of a violation of a felony under the laws of the state or any other state or federal law of the United States.
      (2)   All statements made by the applicant upon the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath.
(`90 Code, § 8.32.040)
(Ord. 75-28, passed - -)
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