CHAPTER 112: PEDDLERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS, AND SOLICITORS
Section
   112.01   Definitions
   112.02   License requirement
   112.03   Application procedure
   112.04   Standards for issuance
   112.05   Revocation procedure
   112.06   Standards for revocation
   112.07   Appeal procedure
   112.08   Exhibition of identification
   112.09   Municipal policy on soliciting
   112.10   Notice regulating soliciting
   112.11   Duty of solicitors
   112.12   Uninvited soliciting prohibited
   112.13   Time limit on soliciting
Statutory reference:
Municipal power to regulate, see R.C. §§ 715.61, 715.63, and 715.64
Revocation of licenses for conviction of certain fraud and theft offenses, see R.C. § 2961.03
§ 112.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   BUSINESS. The business carried on by any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor as defined in this section.
   GOODS. Merchandise of any description, and includes but is not limited to wares and foodstuffs.
   ITINERANTMERCHANT. Any person, whether as owner, agent, or consignee, who engages in a temporary business of selling goods within the municipality and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, structure, vehicle, or any place within the municipality.
   PEDDLER. Any person, not an itinerant merchant, who:
      (1)   Travels from place to place by any means carrying goods for sale, or making sales, or making deliveries; or
      (2)   Without traveling from place to place, sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the municipality.
   SOLICITOR. Any person who travels by any means from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods to be delivered in the future or for services to be performed in the future. A person who is a solicitor is not a peddler.
§ 112.02 LICENSE REQUIREMENT.
   (A)   Any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor shall obtain a license before engaging in such activity within the municipality as required by Chapter 110.
   (B)   The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as set from time to time by the Legislative Authority.
   (C)   No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable.
   (D)   All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire 90 days after the date of issuance thereof.
Penalty, see § 110.99
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