(A) This section shall not apply to the following persons or organizations if the following procedure has been accomplished:
(1) Sworn application has been made to the City Clerk-Treasurer showing name of organization, address, period of solicitation, location of solicitation, and items to be sold;
(2) The City Clerk-Treasurer has investigated and found such statements to be true and for charitable purpose and therefore issued a permit without charge; and
(3) If the use of city property is requested, Council approval shall be required.
(B) Persons duly licensed or specifically exempted from licensing under the Constitution and laws of the state, or the City Council, at such times as such persons are conducting only the activity described by said laws.
(C) Persons making an initial uninvited call upon the householders of the city as preliminary to the subsequent establishment of a regular route service for the sale and delivery to customers of the daily necessities of life which are perishable or subject to spoiling within a reasonable period of time.
(D) Charitable organizations, and representatives thereof, duly registered under the laws of the state as set forth in M.S. §§ 309.50 through 309.61, as they may be amended from time to time, or those specifically exempted from registration under the provisions thereof, including but not limited to schools, scouts, organized youth athletic leagues, social, fraternal, educational, or related organizations and their representatives.
(E) Farmers or truck gardeners who offer for sale or sell, or who peddle from house to house or in the markets, vegetables, butter, eggs, or other farm or garden products produced and raised by said farmer or truck gardener from lands occupied and cultivated by him or her in the county. Provided, that every such farmer or truck gardener claiming the exemption from the license requirements of this section shall upon request of the City Clerk-Treasurer, present satisfactory proof by means of sworn statements or otherwise, that such farmer or truck gardener is entitled to such license exemptions; provided further that whoever shall execute a false sworn statement or make any false representations which shall induce the city to grant such exemption, shall upon conviction thereof, be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 15-2, passed 11-10-2001) Penalty, see § 110.99