(a) Subject to division (c) of this section, no person shall engage in the business or activity of peddling or soliciting as defined in Section 852.02 within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Municipality without first obtaining a license as provided in this section.
(b) Subject to division (c) of this section, all persons acting for or hired by another to act as a peddler or solicitor within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Municipality shall also be required to obtain a license as provided in this section.
(c) No license shall be required for the following:
(1) Peddling newspapers having their principal sale or distribution in the Municipality;
(2) Peddling solely for wholesale delivery to merchants, manufacturers or other business in the Municipality;
(3) Peddling or soliciting at the invitation or request of the person contacted;
(4) Peddling or soliciting solely among the members of the entity or organization conducting the peddling or soliciting;
(5) Soliciting contributions at the regular assemblies, meeting, or services of any recognized not-for-profit organization;
(6) Acting as a canvasser, as defined in Section 852.02;
(7) Charitable organizations, as defined in Section 852.02.
(d) No person who is within a public roadway may solicit or sell or distribute any material to the occupant of any motor vehicle stopped on a public roadway in obedience to a traffic control signal light. It is specifically provided, however, that a person, other than a person twelve years of age or younger, may solicit or sell or distribute material to the occupant of a motor vehicle on a public roadway so long as he or she remains on the surrounding sidewalks and unpaved shoulders, and not in or on the roadway itself, including the medians and islands.
(Ord. 6470. Passed 6-17-14.)