[CC 1979 §81.010]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of peddler, solicitor or itinerant vendor as defined in Section
620.020 of this Chapter within the corporate limits of this City without first obtaining a permit therefor as provided herein.
[CC 1978 §81.020]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meaning indicated below:
ITINERANT VENDOR
All persons, both principal and agents, who engage in, or
conduct, in this State, either in one (1) locality or in traveling
from place to place, a temporary or transient business of selling
goods, wares and merchandise with the intention of continuing in such
business in any one (1) place for a period of not more than one hundred
twenty (120) days, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business,
hire, lease or occupy, either in whole or in part, a room, building,
or other structure, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares
and merchandise and do not have a permanent place of business in Missouri.
PEDDLER
Shall include anyone dealing in the selling of patents, patent
rights, patent or other medicines, lightning rods, goods, wares or
merchandise, except pianos, organs, sewing machines, books, charts,
maps and stationery, agricultural and horticultural products, including
milk, butter, eggs and cheese, by going about from place to place
to sell the same. The word "peddler" shall include
the words "hawker", "huckster" and "solicitor".
[CC 1979 §81.050]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as
established from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen
and on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[CC 1979 §81.060]
No permit issued under this Chapter shall be transferable or
assignable.
[CC 1979 §81.070]
No person having a license under the provisions of Chapter
605 of this Code entitled "Business Regulations" shall be required to obtain a permit under this Chapter.
[CC 1979 §81.080]
No peddler, solicitor or itinerant vendor shall have any exclusive
right to any location in the public streets, nor shall any be permitted
a stationary location, nor shall he/she be permitted to operate in
any congested area where his/her operations might impede or inconvenience
the public. For the purpose of this Chapter, the judgment of a Police
Officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to
whether the area is congested or the public impeded or inconvenienced.
[CC 1979 §81.100]
Peddlers, solicitors and itinerant vendors are required to exhibit
their licenses at the request of any citizen.
[CC 1979 §81.120]
Notice of the hearing for revocation of a license shall be given
in writing setting forth specifically the ground of complaint and
the time and place of hearing. Such notice shall be mailed postpaid
to the permittee at his/her permanent address (as shown on his/her
application) at least five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing.
[CC 1979 §81.130]
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Chief of Police or the City Clerk in the denial of an application for a permit as provided in Section
620.040, or in the decision with reference to the revocation of a license as provided in Section
620.110 shall have the right of appeal to the Board of Aldermen. Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the City Clerk, within fourteen (14) days after notice of the action complained of has been mailed to such person's last known address, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The Board shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal and notice of such hearing shall be given to the appellant in the same manner as provided in Section
620.120.
[CC 1979 §81.140]
All annual permits issued under the provisions of this Chapter
shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) of December in the year when
issued. Other than annual permits shall expire on the date specified
in the permit.