CHAPTER 116: PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, TRANSIENT MERCHANTS AND MOBILE FOOD VENDORS
Section
   116.01   Definitions
   116.02   Permit required
   116.03   Nuisances
   116.04   Exceptions
   116.05   Application for transient merchant permit—City Finance Officer
   116.06   Application for peddler/solicitor/mobile foot vendor permit—Chief of Police
   116.07   Duration of peddler/solicitor/transient merchant permit
   116.08   Duration of mobile food vendor permit
   116.09   Peddler/solicitor/transient vendor hours of operation
   116.10   Mobile food vendor locations and times prohibited
   116.11   Mobile food vendor health, safety, and sanitation
   116.12   Suspension or revocation of permit
 
   116.99   Penalty
§ 116.01 DEFINITIONS.
    For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   MOBILE FOOD VENDOR. Any person, principal or agent, engaging in an activity whereby food, either on-site or at another licensed food preparation facility, or beverages are sold from a food truck or food cart. This definition shall not include food and beverage delivery services.
   PEDDLER/SOLICITOR. Any person, principal, or agent, traveling from place to place, from house to house or from street to street for the purpose of selling or soliciting for sale goods, wares, merchandise, or services.
   TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person transacting a temporary business within the city at an established place of business other than where that person’s normal place of business may be. This person is generally known to the Finance Officer.
(Ord. 1054, passed 7-3-2023)
§ 116.02 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a peddler/solicitor/transient merchant or mobile food vendor within this City without first obtaining a permit to do so. No peddler’s permit shall be issued to a corporation, partnership or other impersonal legal entity. Each individual person engaging in the business of peddling/soliciting within the City shall be required to have a permit whether acting for himself or herself or as an agent or representative of another. Permits issued under this chapter shall be non-transferrable.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to give any false or misleading information in connection with an application for a permit required by this chapter. No permit shall be issued if the information in the application is incomplete.
(Ord. 1054, passed 7-3-2023) Penalty, see § 116.99
§ 116.03 NUISANCES.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any peddler/solicitor/transient merchant to enter upon a private premises when the same is posted with a sign stating, “No Peddlers Allowed,” “No Solicitors Allowed” or the like. Any peddler/solicitor/transient merchant who enters upon premises owned or leased by another and willfully refuses to leave the premises having been notified by the owner or possessor of the premises, to leave the same, shall be in violation of this chapter.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any peddler/solicitor/transient merchant to make false or fraudulent statements concerning the quality or nature of goods, wares, merchandise, or services for the purpose of inducing another to purchase the same. Every peddler/solicitor /transient merchant having a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter and doing business within the city shall openly display their permit.
(Ord. 1054, passed 7-3-2023) Penalty, see § 116.99
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