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(A) Any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor shall obtain a license before engaging in such activity within the city.
(B) The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as set from time to time by the City Commission.
(C) All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire sixty (60) days after the date of issuance thereof.
(D) Any license issued to an itinerant merchant under this chapter shall be posted conspicuously in or at the placed named therein. In the event more than one place within the city shall be sued to conduct the business licensed, separate licenses shall be issued for each place.
(E) The City Clerk shall issue a license to each peddler or solicitor licensed under this chapter. The license shall contain the words “Licensed Peddler” or “Licensed Solicitor”, the expiration date of the license, and the number of the license. The license shall be kept with the licensee during such time as he is engaged in the business licensed.
(F) The fee for the license required by this section shall be five dollars ($5.00) per application, except from charitable applicants who shall be exempt from payment of the fee.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 11-1-10)
Nobody shall cause, permit, promote, suffer, allow, aid, assist, encourage or engage in any of the following described solicitations:
(A) Motor vehicle solicitation;
(B) Uninvited residential solicitation by anybody other than a registered solicitor; or
(C) Uninvited residential solicitation upon any anti-solicitation property.
(D) That any authorized solicitation shall take place only during the hours of 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 11-1-10)
Any license or permit granted under this chapter may be revoked by the City Clerk after notice and hearing. Notice of hearing for revocation shall be given in writing, setting forth specifically the grounds for the complaint and the time and place of the hearing. Such notice shall be mailed to the licensee at his last known address, at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 11-1-10)
A license granted under this chapter may be revoked for any of the following reasons:
(A) Any fraud or misrepresentation contained in the license application;
(B) Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in connection with the business being conducted under the license;
(C) Any violation of this chapter;
(D) Conviction of the licensee of any felony, or conviction of the licensee of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or
(E) Conducting the business licensed in an unlawful manner or in such a way as to constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the public.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 11-1-10)
Any person aggrieved by a decision under the previous sections shall have the right to appeal to the City Commission. The appeal shall be taken by filing with the City Commission, within fourteen (14) days after notice of the decision has been mailed to such person's last known address, a written statement setting forth the grounds for the appeal. The City Commission shall set the time and place for a hearing, and notice for such hearing shall be given to such person in the same manner as provided above.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 11-1-10)
(A) Criminal penalties. Each violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor for which everybody convicted thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be sentenced to pay a criminal fine not to exceed the maximum amount of $500 as set forth in KRS 534.050 (2) (a) or a term of imprisonment not to exceed the maximum period of twelve (12) months as set forth in KRS 532.090(1), or both.
(B) Civil penalties. Each separate violation of this chapter is hereby classified as a civil offense, for which:
(1) The maximum civil fine required by KRS 65.8808(2)(b) that may be imposed for each separate violation of this chapter, is hereby established as five hundred dollars ($500.00);
(2) The specific civil fine required by KRS 65.8808(2)(c) that will be imposed for each separate offense and violation of this ordinance if the person who has committed the violation and offense does not contest a citation therefor, is hereby established as one hundred dollars ($100.00); and
(3) An enforcement officer may, in lieu of immediately issuing a civil citation therefor, give notice that the violation of this ordinance shall be remedied within a specific period of time.
(Ord. 2010-003, passed 11-1-10)