(A) Peddlers and solicitors. All peddlers and solicitors shall:
(1) Limit hours of operation to 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.;
(2) Not enter uninvited into a private building, structure or room;
(3) Not enter uninvited upon private property that is posted “no soliciting” or with a similar sign;
(4) Within 30 seconds after beginning the conversation with a potential customer:
(a) Provide identification of both the person and whom the person represents;
(b) Explain the purpose of the person’s call;
(c) Provide a description in commonly understood terms of the goods or services offered for sale; and
(d) Inquire whether the person being solicited is interested in listening to a sales presentation and immediately discontinue the solicitation if the person being solicited gives a negative response.
(5) During the course of the solicitation, state the total cost of the goods or services offered for sale and the number, timing and amount of installment payments if payment on an installment basis is available to the person being solicited.
(B) Street vendors, food carts. All street vendors and food carts shall:
(1) Limit operations to the following hours:
(a) Stationary street vendors may operate between 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.;
(b) Stationary food carts may operate at any hour of the day;
(c) Mobile street vendors may operate between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; and
(d) Mobile food cart may operate between 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
(2) Street vendors can only operate in commercial and industrial zones;
(3) All street vendors must display a city-issued identification card to operate within the city;
(4) Street vendors cannot advertise through the placement of signs (temporary or permanent) or employ a barker (Signs on the side of vehicles or carts are allowed.);
(5) Street vendors shall not be located in the right-of-way directly in front of the entrance of any open business;
(6) Food carts are subject to all health and safety rules of the county and the state; and
(7) Food carts shall not park in a public right-of-way within 40 feet of the entrance of a building containing a restaurant, delicatessen or bakery business, unless they have received the written permission of the business to operate in closer proximity to the business.
(Prior Code, § 6.25.050) (Ord. 419, passed 3-3-2014) Penalty, see § 111.99