(A) Any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor shall obtain a license before engaging in such activity within the city.
(B) A peddler, itinerant merchant or solicitor may secure a license under this chapter for a day, week, or year of any given year. The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) Each and every day - $100.
(2) Each and every week - $250.
(3) Entire year - $1,000.
(4) The fees set forth above shall cover up to four solicitors under one application applied for by a single company. If more solicitors are required an additional application shall be purchased.
(C) No peddler or solicitor shall engage or attempt to engage in the business of peddling or soliciting prior to 10:00 a.m. or at any time after one half hour before official sunset time, or at any time on a Sunday or on a state or national holiday.
(D) This chapter is not the exclusive method of regulating peddlers or solicitors.
(E) No peddler or solicitor shall engage or attempt to engage in the business of peddling or soliciting at any home, residence, apartment complex or business that prominently displays a “No Peddlers”, “No Solicitors”, or “No Trespassing” sign or any other similar sign that communicates the occupants’ desire to not be contacted by peddlers.
(F) Once a peddler, itinerant merchant, or solicitor has secured a license as set forth in division (B) of this section he or she shall receive no credit for a license for a shorter period, which he or she previously purchased, in securing a new license for a longer period of time.
(G) No license required under this chapter shall be transferable.
(H) All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire as follows:
(1) Day. Any license obtained for a day by a peddler, itinerant merchant, or solicitor shall be for a 24-hour period which shall be designated by the applicant and placed on the license by the City Clerk.
(2) Week. Licenses issued per week shall be for a period commencing at 8:00 a.m. on the date on which the license is issued and ending at 12:00 p.m. on the seventh calendar day thereafter. The seven-day period shall be designated by the applicant and placed on the license by the City Clerk.
(3) Year. Licenses issued for peddlers, itinerant merchants, and solicitors shall be for a period of time beginning on the date on which the license is issued and lasting through December 31 of that calendar year.
(Ord. 04-40, passed 12-13-04; Am. Ord. 14-17, passed 9-8-14) Penalty, see § 111.99