CHAPTER 717
Peddlers and Solicitors
717.01   Definitions.
717.02   Itinerant vendor; license fee.
717.03   Peddlers by hand.
717.04   Peddlers from hand-drawn vehicles.
717.05   Peddlers from other vehicles.
717.06   Exceptions.
717.99   Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R. C. 715.61 et seq.
Home solicitation sales - see Ohio R. C. 1345.21 et seq.
Charitable solicitations - see Ohio R. C. Ch. 1716
Trespassing - see GEN. OFF. 541.05
717.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
   (a)   "Itinerant Vendor" includes any person, natural or artificial, who engages in or conducts a temporary or transient business of selling goods, wares, and merchandise within the Municipality with the intention of continuing in such business in any one location for a period of not more than four months and who for the purpose of carrying on such business hires, leases, or occupies in whole or in part any room, building, or structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise. The term does not apply to hawkers or peddlers; to vendors engaged in the sale of food or food products for human consumption; to commercial travelers or selling agents when making sales in the usual course of business; or to salemen who sell by sample for future delivery.
   (b)   "Peddler" means one who sells tangible commodities from house to house, store to store, or on the streets or in any public place; his sales are not made from one established spot excepting where they are made in a street or other public place and he makes delivery at the time of the sale. Whether or not he collects at the same time is immaterial.
717.02 ITINERANT VENDOR; LICENSE FEE.
   Every itinerant vendor shall obtain a license before engaging in business, and shall pay therefor a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each week that such business is carried on. This license shall terminate automatically with the last day for which sum shall have been paid.
717.03 PEDDLERS BY HAND.
   Every peddler selling goods of any kind carried by hand shall obtain a license before engaging in business and shall pay therefor a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.
717.04 PEDDLERS FROM HAND-DRAWN VEHICLES.
   Every peddler selling fruits, vegetables, or goods of any kind from vehicles drawn by hand shall obtain a license before engaging in business and shall pay therefor a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year for each vehicle used for such purpose.
717.05 PEDDLERS FROM OTHER VEHICLES.
   Every peddler selling fruits, vegetables, or goods of every kind from vehicles drawn by means other than hand, shall obtain a license before engaging in business and shall pay therefor a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for each vehicle used for such purpose.
717.06 EXCEPTIONS.
   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to an owner of any product of his own raising or to the manufacturer of any article manufactured by him, who by himself or his agent, peddles or vends any such article or product; nor shall the same apply to any person who by state or federal law or constitutional provision, has been exempted from obtaining such license; nor to any sale under order of court or at a bona fide auction; nor to any sale at wholesale to a retail dealer.
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