(a) The fees for licenses required by this chapter shall be established by ordinance of City Council and amended from time to time.
(b) Acceptance of any application submitted less than seven days prior to the start date or event date shall be done at the sole discretion of the City's Department of Community and Economic Development. Any vendor who wishes to receive a license that is submitted less than seven days prior to the start date or event date and has been granted permission to do so by City's Department of Community and Economic Development must pay a forty dollar ($40.00) late fee in addition to the applicable license fee.
(c) Payment of a license fee under this chapter shall not exempt the licensee from payment of the mercantile license tax under Chapter 880 of the Business Regulation and Taxation Code.
(d) Any and all person(s) desiring to engage in door-to-door peddling, canvassing, soliciting or selling are required to submit a background check for the manager/supervisor and all person(s) soliciting door-to-door in the City of Johnstown.
(e) There shall be no fee charged for the free distribution of literature.
(Ord. 4698. Passed 12-21-94; Ord. 5148. Passed 5-14-14; Ord. 5198. Passed 4-20-16; Ord. 5338. Passed 9-14-22; Ord. 5353. Passed 5-31-23.)