(a) Every itinerant vendor desiring to do business in the City shall make an application in writing to the City Clerk for a license to operate as an itinerant vendor, which application shall be filed with the City Clerk at least seven days before the applicant is authorized to begin the business.
(b) The application shall contain a statement under oath containing all facts relating to the reasons for the character of the business which the applicant desires to transact, including a true statement of the names and addresses of persons from whom the goods, wares or merchandise were last taken; the name and address of the owner or person in whose interest such business is conducted; the places and dates where the applicant, for the past eighteen months, has been engaged in business, stating the nature and character of the business; and all details necessary to exactly locate and fully identify all goods, wares or merchandise to be sold, and the length of time for which the store or place where the goods, wares or merchandise are to be sold has been or is to be leased.
(c) The fact that such store or place of business has been or is to be leased for less than 120 days shall be in all cases prima-facie evidence that the business is of a temporary or transient character within the meaning of this chapter.
(1979 Code Sec. 5.52.030)