(a) “Hawker” or “peddler” as used in this article means any person who carries goods, wares, food products, or merchandise from place to place, either in person or by agent or employee, and sells, for delivery at the same time, any such goods, wares, food products, or merchandise to any purchaser, at wholesale or retail, and any person who solicits for the purpose of tendering any service.
(b) The annual license tax to act as a hawker or peddler, if the person licensed travels without a motor vehicle, shall be ten dollars ($10.00); if the person travels with a motor vehicle of not more than one-half ton capacity, the annual license tax shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00); if the person travels with a motor vehicle of more than one-half ton capacity but not exceeding one ton capacity, the annual license tax shall be fifty dollars ($50.00); if the person travels with a motor vehicle of more than one ton capacity, but not exceeding two tons’ capacity, the annual license tax shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00); and if the person travels with a motor vehicle or more than two tons’ capacity, the annual license tax shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), plus one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each additional ton or fraction thereof over two tons’ capacity; and the person licensed shall pay at the same rate for each and every motor vehicle so used. Such person shall carry the license in some conspicuous place in the vehicle or about his person.
(c) Any person who applies for a license under this section or acts as a hawker or peddler is required to be registered as a canvasser pursuant to Section 733.33(e).
(Ord. 2297. Passed 8-20-20.)