122.01 Purpose | 122.11 Time Restriction |
122.02 Definitions | 122.12 Revocation of License |
122.03 License Required | 122.13 Notice |
122.04 Application for License | 122.14 Hearing |
122.05 License Fees | 122.15 Record and Determination |
122.06 Bonds Required | 122.16 Appeal |
122.07 Agent for Service of Process | 122.17 Effect of Revocation |
122.08 License Issued | 122.18 Rebates |
122.09 Display of License | 122.19 License Exemptions |
122.10 License Not Transferable | 122.20 Charitable and Nonprofit Organizations |
For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
1. “Peddler” means any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale for immediate delivery such goods or merchandise from house to house or upon the public street.
2. “Solicitor” means any person who solicits or attempts to solicit from house to house or upon the public street any contribution or donation or any order for goods, services, subscriptions or merchandise to be delivered at a future date.
3. “Transient merchant” means any person who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business and in the course of such business hires, leases or occupies any building or structure whatsoever, or who operates out of a vehicle which is parked anywhere within the City limits. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer does not exempt any person from being considered a transient merchant.
An application in writing shall be filed with the Clerk for a license under this chapter. Such application shall set forth the applicant’s name, permanent and local address and business address if any. The application shall also set forth the applicant’s employer, if any, and the employer’s address, the nature of the applicant’s business, the last three places of such business and the length of time sought to be covered by the license. An application fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be paid at the time of filing such application to cover the cost of investigating the facts stated therein.
The following license fees shall be paid to the Clerk prior to the issuance of any license.
1. Solicitors. In addition to the application fee for each person actually soliciting (principal or agent), a fee for the principal of ten dollars ($10.00) per year.
2. Peddlers or Transient Merchants.
A. For one day $ 5.00
B. For one week $ 25.00
C. For up to six (6) months $ 100.00
D. For one year or major part thereof $ 125.00
1. Transient Merchants. Before a license under this chapter is issued to a transient merchant, an applicant shall provide to the Clerk evidence that the applicant has filed a bond with the Secretary of State in accordance with Chapter 9C of the Code of Iowa.
2. Surety Bond. Before a license under this chapter is issued, each principal shall post a bond, by a surety company authorized to engage in the business of insuring the fidelity of others in Iowa, in the amount of $1,000.00, with the Clerk, to the effect that the registrant and the surety shall consent to the forfeiture of the principal sum of the bond or such part thereof as may be necessary:
A. To indemnify the City for any penalties or costs occasioned by the enforcement of this chapter and
B. To make payment of any judgment rendered against the registrant as a result of a claim or litigation arising out of or in connection with such registrant’s peddling or solicitation.
Said bond shall not be retired until after a lapse of one year from the expiration of the license which it covers.
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