(A) It shall be unlawful for a transient merchant, itinerant merchant, itinerant vendor, peddler, canvasser or solicitor, as defined herein, to engage in the sale of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other article either on foot, with motor vehicle, or wagon, or from an enclosed stand, without having obtained from the city a license to do so.
(B) No person shall solicit door-to- door in any residential area in the city without having first obtained a license. Such license, if issued, shall be valid from 9:00 a.m. until sunset, 7 days per week, with no soliciting being allowed outside of those hours.
(C) This chapter shall not be construed as applying to the following situations:
(1) Any persons who hold a garage sale as defined herein, if the duration of the sale is not more than 3 consecutive days and if no sale is held on more than 2 separate occasions in any calendar year on the same premises.
(2) Any person under the age of 13.
(3) Any person who is soliciting funds or making sales, the entire proceeds and profits for which are legally required to be transferred to an entity which is tax exempt under the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.
(4) Any person who is soliciting funds or making sales if the entire proceeds and profits thereof are legally obligated to go to a political party within the meaning of the word political party as defined in the Illinois Election Code.
(5) Any persons in the business of selling newspapers.
(1992 Code, § 113.02) (Ord. 31477, passed 3-14-1977; Am. Ord. 2018-MC06, passed 7-23-2018) Penalty, see § 113.99