(a) No person shall use the streets or sidewalks of the City for the sale or display of goods, wares or merchandise of any kind or character whatsoever, except such persons as have been duly licensed and have obtained a permit from the Chief of Police so to do.
(b) The Chief of Police may issue permits revocable at will to be issued to any person to use the streets and sidewalks for the above purposes, when and if, in his discretion, such use will not interfere with traffic regulation or the health and safety of the public, and in issuing any such permit, he may include therein such conditions, prohibitions and restrictions as he may deem necessary for the orderly flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and for the health and safety of the public.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate or fail to comply with the terms, conditions, prohibitions or restrictions of any such permit.
(d) This section shall not apply to businesses selling or displaying goods, wares or merchandise on the sidewalk in front of such businesses, so long as such selling or displaying does not interfere with pedestrian traffic.
(1978 Code §19-5)