Ordinance - #91-06 - 05/14/1991 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

7.85.02 Peddlers and solicitors may be prohibited by placard. Any resident of the City who wishes to exclude peddlers or solicitors from premises occupied by said resident may place upon or near the usual entrance to such premises a printed placard or sign bearing the following notice: "Peddlers and Solicitors Prohibited". Such placard shall be at least 3-1/2 inches long and 3-1/2 inches wide and the printing thereon shall not be smaller than 49 point type. No peddler or solicitor shall enter in or upon any premises, or attempt to enter in or upon any premises, where such a placard or sign is placed and maintained. 7.85.03 May not deface placard. No person other than the person occupying such premises shall remove, injure or deface such placard or sign. 7.85.04 License required. A license shall be required for any soliciting, peddling or transient merchandising, or in making calls as described in §7.01 of this Chapter. 7.85.05 Application for license. In order to acquire the license required in Chapter 7.85.04, the peddler, solicitor, transient merchant or vendor, except a person selling or peddling the products of a farm or garden occupied and cultivated by themselves, must submit the following information to the City Administrator: a. Name and permanent address and local address, if any; b. A brief description of the nature of the business and the goods to be sold; c. If employed, the name and address of the employer; d. The period of time within which applicant intends to conduct activities; eo The source of supply of the goods or property proposed to be sold, or in the case of goods or property to be sold by solicitation of orders where such goods or products are located at the time the information is submitted to the City Administrator, the proposed method of delivery; Any felonies or gross misdemeanors, or any crimes of theft or issuance of a worthless check, of which the registrant was convicted within the ten most recent years, and the nature of the crime or crimes of which the registrant was convicted; and Whether the registrant has taken advantage of any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law or proceeding as a bankrupt or debtor within the ten most recent years. Every peddler, solicitor or vendor required to submit the foregoing information shall promptly submit to the City Administrator any changes therein required by changes in circumstances. In the case of transient merchants, the place where the business is to be carded on together with written consent of the property owner of proposed location. i. A copy of County license.