(a) No peddler or solicitor, nor any person in his behalf, shall shout, make an outcry, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound device or musical instrument, including any loud-speaking radio or sound-amplifying system, upon any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public places of the city or upon any private premises in the city where sound of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public places, for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise which such licensee proposed to sell.
(b) No peddler or solicitor shall have any exclusive right to any location in the public streets, nor shall he be permitted a stationary location, nor shall he be permitted to operate in any congested area where his operations might impede or inconvenience the public. For the purpose of this title, the judgment of a police officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to whether the area is congested or the public impeded or inconvenienced.
(c) No person shall sell or offer for sale goods, wares or merchandise from vehicles upon any of the public streets of the city; provided, however, that the prohibition contained in this section does not include the peddling from door to door from vehicles of fresh food products of farm or garden, nor bona fide deliveries of goods, wares, merchandise or food made on a regular route to regular customers.
(d) No person shall solicit or peddle from six p.m. to nine a.m., or at any time when a sign has been posted on a building stating: “No solicitors or peddlers,” except that a solicitor or peddler may call upon the occupant of a residence at other times when he has received express prior permission from such occupant to do so.
(Ord. 5610 § 2 (part), 2024; Ord. 4220 § 1, 1994: Ord. 4181 § 1, 1993: Ord. 3720 § 6, 1986: Ord. 3593 § 1, 1985: Ord. 2681 § 2, 1972: Ord. 2357, 1967: Ord. 1603 (part), 1955: prior code § 4.04)