The following shall be exempt from all provisions of this chapter:
(A) Any person delivering newspapers, fuel, dairy products or bakery goods to regular customers on established routes;
(B) Any person selling merchandise at wholesale to dealers in such merchandise;
(C) Any person selling agricultural products which the person has grown;
(D) Any permanent merchant or employee thereof who takes orders at the home of the buyer for merchandise regularly offered for sale by such merchant within this county and who delivers such merchandise in their regular course of business;
(E) Any person who has an established place of business where the merchandise being sold is offered for sale on a regular basis, and in which the buyer has initiated contact with, and specifically requested, a home visit by said person;
(F) Any person who has had, or one who represents a company which has had, a prior business transaction, such as a prior sale or credit arrangement, with the prospective customer;
(G) Any person selling or offering for sale a service unconnected with the sale or offering for sale of merchandise;
(H) Any person holding a sale required by statute or by order of any court and any person conducting a bona fide auction sale pursuant to law;
(I) Any employee, officer or agent of a charitable organization who engages in direct sales for or on behalf of said organization, provided that there is submitted to the Clerk proof that such charitable organization is registered under Wisconsin Statutes § 440.41 et seq. Any charitable organization engaging in the sale of merchandise and not registered under Wisconsin Statutes § 440.41 et seq., or which is exempt from the statute's registration requirements, shall be required to register under this chapter;
(J) Any person who claims to be a permanent merchant, but against whom complaint has been made to the Clerk that such person is a transient merchant; provided that there is submitted to the Clerk proof that such person has leased for at least one year, or purchased, the premises from which he/she has conducted business in the market area for at least one year prior to the date the complaint was made;
(K) Any individual licensed by an examining board as defined in Wisconsin Statutes § 15.01(7);
(L) This chapter does not apply to transient merchants while doing business at special events authorized by the county or the City.
(Ord. 630, passed 5-8-91; Am. Ord. 808, passed 10-3-00)