[R.O. 2011 § 640.010; R.O. 2009
§ 119.20; CC 1981 § 16-27; Ord.
No. 93-166, 7-21-1993; Ord. No. 93-223, 10-6-1993; Ord. No. 94-326, 12-14-1994; Ord. No. 95-15, 1-29-1995; Ord. No. 95-103, 4-13-1995; Ord. No. 95-129, 5-4-1995; Ord. No. 97-238, 7-16-1997]
A. Definition. For the purpose of this Section,
an "itinerant merchant" is defined as any person, firm or corporation,
whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, whether a resident
of the City or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling
and delivering goods, wares and merchandise within the City and who,
in furtherance of that purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any
building, structure, motor vehicle, tent, public room, hotel room,
lodging house, apartment, shop, lot or any other place within the
City for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise.
B. Regular Itinerant Merchant License. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every itinerant merchant shall pay a license fee in the amount stated in Section
150.030. The license shall be valid for three (3) consecutive calendar weeks. An itinerant merchant shall not be issued more than three (3) licenses in any calendar year.
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C. Promoter-Related Itinerant Merchant License.
No itinerant merchant's license shall be required of any itinerant
merchant participating in an event for which a promoter's license
has been issued.
D. Promoters.
1.
The person responsible for the development, coordination, advertising and implementation of a group event involving itinerant merchants shall pay a license fee based upon the number of itinerant merchants and the rates set forth in Section
150.030. The license shall be valid for any combination of seven (7) days within one (1) year from the date of issuance and which shall be valid only for a single location which shall be specified in the license.
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2.
Organizations exempted from license fees under Section
605.120 are exempt from this promoter's license fee, but shall obtain and display the license when functioning as a promoter.
3.
Promoters shall provide to the Director
of Finance a list of itinerant merchants participating in the event,
including sales tax numbers. In the event that an itinerant merchant
does not have a sales tax number, then the promoter shall certify
that the promoter has given the itinerant merchant a State concession
report form and the promoter shall provide the City with the name
and address of that itinerant merchant. This information shall be
provided to the Director of Finance five (5) days prior to the first
day of the event, along with any other appropriate information.
E. Licenses issued under this Section are
not transferable.
F. Itinerant merchants and promoters shall
not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this Section
merely by reason of associating temporarily with any person possessing
a business license or by conducting the transient business in connection
with, as a part of or in the name of any person possessing a business
license.
G. Open-Air Produce Market And Food Vendor Itinerant Merchant. Every itinerant merchant operating an open-air produce market or operating as a food vendor shall pay a license fee in the amount stated in Section
150.030. The license shall be valid for one (1) year.
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