A. License Required; Payment Of Fee: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of peddler, solicitor, canvasser or any other itinerant occupation within the corporate limits of the City without first obtaining a license therefor, as provided in this chapter, and paying the prescribed fees to cover the reasonable costs of investigation and processing of the application. The fee shall be paid to the City Clerk when the application is filed and shall not be returnable under any circumstances. The City Commission, from time to time, may change such fee by resolution, to an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs of licensing and enforcement under this chapter. (Ord. 0115-14-20, 1-15-2014)
B. Exclusions: The following persons are hereby specifically excluded from the application of the provisions of this chapter:
1. Persons engaged in selling personal property at wholesale to dealers in such property; and
2. Merchants growing their own local produce, and having regular places of business in the City, and their employees in taking orders at the houses of their customers for goods held in stock at said places of business, and in delivering the goods so ordered; such exclusion shall not apply to a person who, personally or for another person, firm or corporation, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, tent, railroad boxcar, boat, hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop or any other place within the City, for the purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery. (2007 Code § 5-2)