(A) Except as otherwise provided for in this subchapter, it is unlawful for any peddler or transient merchant to engage in any such business within the city without first obtaining a permit therefor in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter. Solicitors engaged in entirely for-profit, commercial endeavors must obtain a permit to engage in such business within the city. All other solicitors need not obtain a permit, but are required to register with the city pursuant to § 113.010 of this chapter.
(B) (1) Any person may sell or peddle the products of the farm or garden occupied and cultivated by him or her without obtaining a permit.
(2) No permit shall be required for any person going from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street-to-street or any other type of place-to-place movement for the primary purpose of exercising that person’s state or federal constitutional rights such as the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and the like. This exemption will not apply if the person’s exercise of constitutional rights is merely incidental to what would properly be considered a commercial activity.
(C) No permit issued under this subchapter shall be transferred to any person other than the person to whom the permit was issued.
(Prior Code, § 504.02) (Ord. 834, passed 10-10-2009)