[Ord. No. 4284 §1(52.005), 5-3-2004]
Peddler is a person who attempts to make personal contact with a resident without prior specific invitation or appointment from the resident, for the primary purpose of attempting to sell a good or service. A peddler does not include a person who distributes handbills or flyers for a commercial purpose, advertising an event, activity, good or service that is offered to the resident for purchase at a location away from the residence or at a time different from the time of visit.
[CC 1974 §52.010; Ord. No. 3367 §1(52.010), 10-19-1987]
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.
[CC 1974 §52.020; Ord. No. 3367 §1(52.020), 10-19-1987; Ord. No. 4284 §2(52.020), 5-3-2004; Ord. No. 4732 §14, 11-4-2013]
Applications for such licenses shall be made to the City Clerk and shall state thereon the description and number of vehicles, if any, intended to be operated, the kind of merchandise to be peddled and the permanent address of the peddler. Such an application must be on file with the City Clerk a minimum of five (5) business days prior to the issuance of a license.
[CC 1974 §52.030; Ord. No. 3367 §1(52.030), 10-19-1987; Ord. No. 4284 §3(52.030), 5-3-2004]
The fee for such license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for a period of ten (10) days.
[CC 1974 §52.040; Ord. No. 3367 §1(52.040), 10-19-1987]
No peddler shall ply his/her vocation on any street, sidewalk, park, parkways or in any other public place unless his/her peddler's license specifies that peddling in such public places is permitted thereunder.
[CC 1974 §52.050: Ord. No. 3367 §1(52.050), 10-19-1987]
Any licensed peddler or hawker who shall be guilty of any fraud, cheating or misrepresentation, whether through himself/herself or through an employee, while acting as a peddler in the City shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Chapter.
[CC 1974 §52.060; Ord. No. 3367 §1(52.060), 10-19-1987; Ord. No. 4284 §4(52.060), 5-3-2004]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Chapter shall be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each such offense, and every day that such violation shall occur or continue shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 4285 §1(52.100), 5-3-2004]
Temporary vendor is a merchant selling merchandise (excluding the provision of services) and not located inside a permanent building or structure on private property. Temporary vendor shall not include peddler, as that term is defined in Section 610.005.
[Ord. No. 4285 §2(52.110), 5-3-2004; Ord. No. 4308 §1, 9-20-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct or carry on, or to permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, upon any premises in the City of Dexter, Missouri, temporary vendor operations without first having obtained a business license thereof, except that temporary vendors selling merchandise or providing services at an event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Merchants Association, the Fair Board, Dexter community service organizations and/or the City of Dexter shall be exempt from obtaining such a license. A copy of this license must be on display, in full view of the public, on the approved site.
[Ord. No. 4285 §3(52.120), 5-3-2004; Ord. No. 4308 §2, 9-20-2004]
The license fee for a temporary vendor is five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day; except that such fee shall be waived for temporary vendors selling merchandise or providing services at an event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Merchants Association, the Fair Board, Dexter community service organizations and/or the City of Dexter.
[Ord. No. 4285 §4(52.130), 5-3-2004]
No temporary vendor may occupy any part of any property within the City limits of the City of Dexter without first having obtained written consent of the property owner. Said consent must accompany the application for business license, and a new consent shall be required each time a temporary vendor undertakes operations.
[Ord. No. 4285 §5(52.140), 5-3-2004]
Any person wishing to operate as a temporary vendor within the City limits of the City of Dexter must provide to the City an individual sales tax number issued by the State to the temporary vendor.
[Ord. No. 4285 §6(52.150), 5-3-2004]
A business license may be issued to a temporary vendor for no more than one (1) day each calendar quarter. A "day" shall be defined as a normal business day, not to exceed twelve (12) hours from the start of vendor operations.