(a) No person, without first obtaining a license in accordance with this chapter, may engage in soliciting or peddling.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, "soliciting or peddling" means:
(1) To sell, offer for sale, barter or exchange any goods or other articles of value in the streets, alleys or public grounds of the Municipality, or door-to-door or place-to-place on public or private property; or
(2) To offer any services for hire or commission in the streets, alleys or public grounds of the Municipality, or door-to-door or place-to-place on public or private property.
(c) Operating a mobile food vending unit is not "soliciting or peddling" under this chapter.
(d) This chapter is intended to protect against criminal activity, minimize the unwelcomed disturbance of citizens, and to otherwise preserve the public health, safety and welfare of the Municipality. The regulations contained in this chapter are not intended to regulate speech by any person but to regulate the activities of those individuals who engage in soliciting or peddling.
(Ord. 83-21. Passed 7-5-83; Ord. 11-21. Passed 4-4-11; Ord. 2022-45. Passed 10-3-22.)