It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the retail sale
or display of goods, wares, merchandise, services, produce, or prepared
foods and for the purpose of conducting said business, travel by foot,
wagon, vehicle or any other conveyance from street to street, carrying
or conveying, or transporting goods, wares, or merchandise, and offering
them for sale, or without traveling from place to place, exhibit,
display, sell, offer to sell or perform services to be delivered immediately
and occupy any lot, building, room, or structure of any kind within
the City for a period of six months or less, without having first
obtained a license and paid the license fee, as hereinafter provided.
This section shall not apply to any established place of business
in the City that vends on any sidewalk abutting the established place
of business, with the consent by resolution of the Common Council,
and shall not be considered a vendor for the purpose of this article.
Notwithstanding Section 13-256 above, all vendors must file an application with the City Clerk; however, there shall be no fee charged for the issuance of a license for anyone engaging in carrying on or conducting business as a vendor for the benefit of a not-for-profit or other qualified charitable organization.
The license fee for engaging in carrying on or conducting business
as a vendor shall be as specified below, payable in advance for each
day such business shall continue. Such license fee shall be $7.50.