(A) Nonprofit corporations, exempt under the laws of the state and country from the payment of corporation franchise taxes or corporation income taxes, shall not be required to obtain any license to engage in door-to-door solicitation or to conduct occasional sales in the nature of rummage sales or sales of other than new merchandise. Nonprofit corporations having a regular place of business and which dispense on a regular basis, food or beverages or which sell merchandise on a regular basis at a fixed place of business, shall obtain a business license for which the annual fee shall be $25. No additional fee shall be levied for a license nor tax imposed. Evidence of nonprofit status of the corporation shall be in the form of an exemption letter issued by the Franchise Tax Board of the state.
(B) In the interests of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city, the city may require persons who solicit funds or who sell merchandise door-to-door, who are members of a nonprofit corporation, to obtain an identification card or device from the city. The City Council delegates to the Chief of Police of the city the authority to require the issuance of the identification card or cards or device to any person or persons engaged in solicitation in the city on behalf of a nonprofit corporation. The identification card or device shall identify the solicitor, the organization for which he or she is soliciting, the duration of the validity of the identification card or device and any other information which the Chief of Police deems necessary for proper identification. The card or device shall specifically state that it is not a license and that the city does not endorse the organization which is soliciting funds or sales of merchandise.
(`61 Code, § 12.7-1) (Ord. 624, passed 3-20-1979; Am. Ord. 714, passed 3-1-1983)