[CC §52.010]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of peddler 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 §52.020]
The word "peddler" as used herein shall include
any person, whether a resident of this City or not, traveling by foot,
wagon, automotive vehicle, or any other type of conveyance, from place
to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying,
conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish,
vegetables, fruits, garden truck, farm products or provisions, offering
and exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles
to purchasers, or offering for sale for later delivery, or seeking
appointments for the purpose of at that time offering for sale; or
who, without traveling from place to place, shall sell or offer the
same for sale from a wagon, automotive vehicle, railroad car, or other
vehicle or conveyance; and further provided that one who solicits
orders and as a separate transaction makes deliveries to purchasers
as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this Chapter
shall be deemed a peddler subject to the provisions of this Chapter.
The word "peddler" shall include the words "hawker," "huckster," and "solicitor."
"Peddler" does not include a farmer selling
his own produce grown on his farm.
[CC §52.050]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter are set out in Section
600.080 of this Code.
[CC §52.060]
No permit issued under this Chapter shall be transferable or
assignable.
[CC §52.080]
No peddler shall have any exclusive right to any location in
the public streets, nor shall any be permitted a stationary location,
nor shall he be permitted to operate in any congested area where his
operations might impede or inconvenience the public. For the purpose
of this Section, 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 §52.090]
No peddler, nor any person in his behalf, shall shout, make
any outcry, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound device, including
any loud speaking radio or sound amplifying system upon any of the
streets, alleys, parks or other public places of said City or upon
any private premises in the said City where sound of sufficient volume
is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard
upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks, or other public places,
for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise
which such licensee proposes to sell.
[CC §52.100]
Peddlers are required to exhibit their licenses at the request
of any citizen.
[Ord. No. 417 §1, 12-6-1993]
Peddlers may not sell or offer any goods for sale or solicit
orders for goods within the corporate limits of the City of Scott
City, Missouri, from 8:00 P.M. until 8:00 A.M.
[CC §52.120]
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 permanent address (as shown on his application)
at least five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing.
[CC §52.130]
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
620.100, shall have the right of appeal to the City Council. 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 Council 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
620.110.