It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of hawker or peddler of any merchandise, article or thing without having first secured a license therefor.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PEDDLE
Shall mean the selling, bartering, or exchanging or the offering for sale, barter or exchange of any tangible personal property upon or along the streets, highways, or public places of this municipality or from house-to-house, whether at one place thereon or from place-to-place, from any wagon, truck, pushcart, or other vehicle or from movable receptacles of any kind, but shall not include the delivery of any item previously ordered or the sale of items along delivery routes where the purchaser has previously requested the seller to stop and exhibit his items. Nor shall "peddle" be taken to include the solicitation of orders by sample where the goods are not delivered at the time the order is taken.
A person desiring a license may obtain the same by making application with the Clerk and providing the following information:
(A) 
Name and physical description of applicant.
(B) 
Permanent home and address and local address if operating from such an address.
(C) 
A brief description of the business and of the goods to be sold.
(D) 
Name and address of the employer, if any.
(E) 
The length of time for which the right to do business is desired.
(F) 
Evidence that the agent is acting on behalf of the corporation he represents.
(G) 
Statement of the applicant's criminal record other than a traffic record.
(H) 
The last three municipalities where the applicant carried on business immediately preceding the date of application to this municipality and the address from which such business was conducted in those municipalities.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person, whether registered under this Code or not, to engage in peddling as herein defined prior to 10:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. of any weekday or at any time on a Sunday or on a state or national holiday.
No licensed peddler or hawker shall be guilty of any fraud, cheating or misrepresentation, whether through himself or through an employee while acting as a peddler in this municipality, or shall barter, sell or peddle any goods or merchandise or wares other than those specified in his application for a license.
Two photographs of the applicant and such of its employees as will be used in the peddling or merchandising, taken within 60 days immediately prior to the filing of the application, which pictures shall be two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders of the applicant or its agent(s) and/or employee(s) in a clear and distinguishing manner.
Nothing contained in this chapter, nor the issuance of any license hereunder shall entitle the licensee to go in or upon any private residence for the purpose of peddling if such licensee, his agents or employees are directed to depart from said private residence by the owner or person in charge thereof.
The practice of going in and upon private residences, business establishments or offices in the municipality by peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants and transient vendors of merchandise without having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of said private residences and business establishments or offices for the purpose of disposing of and/or peddling or hawking of merchandise is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is punishable as a violation of this Code. No person shall peddle in a public square.
The Police Department of this municipality is hereby required and directed to suppress the same and to abate any such nuisance as described in Section 7-3-8.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to persons employed or representing an established merchant, business firm, or corporation located and regularly doing business in the municipality or to farmers selling any food items raised or produced by themselves and/or to permanently established residents who are voters in the municipality or anyone duly licensed.
[Amended 9-27-2010 by Ord. No. 10-5]
The license fees per person to be charged for licences to peddle or solicit in this municipality, each payable in advance, are hereby fixed and established as follows:
(A) 
Daily license: $10 per person per day.
(B) 
Annual license: $25 per person.
(See 65 ILCS 5/11-42-5.)