Every peddler, solicitor or other person claiming to be entitled to exemption from the payment of any fee provided for in this Chapter upon the ground that he or she is an honorably discharged or released soldier, sailor or marine of the United States or Confederate States who is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor and who shall be a qualified elector of the State or otherwise evidences residency within the State, as provided in the laws of this State, shall, in addition to any other information required by this Chapter, file with the City Clerk's office a certificate of a regularly licensed and practicing physician dated within a month of said application, to the effect that said applicant is physically unable to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, and stating the nature of said incapacitation; verification that the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States or Confederate States, and verification that the applicant is a registered voter of this State or otherwise evidences residency within the State. Upon proof of the foregoing, the City Clerk shall issue without charge a certificate to a qualified applicant to solicit, sell, hawk, peddle, or vend his or her goods. Certificate holders under the provisions of this section shall be required to comply with all other provisions of this Chapter. Any certificate issued hereunder shall be personal to the veteran, and shall not authorize soliciting, selling, hawking, peddling or vending by an agent, employee or representative of the veteran. The certificate shall also be limited to hawking, peddling and vending goods and merchandise owned by the veteran personally.
(Ord. MC-817, 1-07-92)