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(A) Any person exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter under § 113.03 shall be required to register with the city prior to engaging in those activities. Registration shall be made on the same form required for a license application, but no fee shall be required. Immediately upon completion of the registration form, the City Clerk shall issue to the registrant a certificate of registration as proof of the registration. Certificates of registration shall be non-transferrable.
(B) Individuals that will be engaging in non-commercial door-to-door advocacy shall not be required to register.
No peddler, solicitor, transient merchant, non-commercial door-to-door advocate, or other person engaged in other similar activities shall conduct business in any of the following manner:
(A) Calling attention to his or her business or the items to be sold by means of blowing any horn or whistle, ringing any bell, crying out, or by any other noise, so as to be unreasonably audible within an enclosed structure.
(B) Obstructing the free flow of traffic, either vehicular or pedestrian, on any street, sidewalk, alleyway, or other public right-of-way.
(C) Conducting business in a way as to create a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of any specific individual or the general public.
(D) Conducting business before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.
(E) Failing to provide proof of license, or registration, and identification when requested.
(F) Using the license or registration of another person.
(G) Alleging false or misleading statements about the products or services being sold, including untrue statements of endorsement. No peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant shall claim to have the endorsement of the city solely based on the city having issued a license or certificate of registration to that person.
(H) Remaining on the property of another when requested to leave.
(I) Otherwise operating their business in any manner that a reasonable person would find obscene, threatening, intimidating or abusive.
Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Unless specifically invited by the property owner or tenant, no peddler, solicitor, transient merchant, non-commercial door-to-door advocate, or other person engaged in other similar activities shall enter onto the property of another for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor, transient merchant, non-commercial door-to-door advocate, or similar activity when the property is marked with a sign or placard:
(1) At least four inches long.
(2) At least four inches wide.
(3) With print of at least 48 point in size.
(4) Stating “No Peddlers, Solicitors or Transient Merchants,” “Peddlers, Solicitors, and Transient Merchants Prohibited,” or other comparable statement.
(B) No person other than the property owner or tenant shall remove, deface, or otherwise tamper with any sign or placard under this section.
Penalty, see § 10.99