It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of solicitor as defined in §
52.020 of this ordinance within the corporate limits of this City without first obtaining a permit therefor as provided herein.
The word "solicitor" 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, services, 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 ordinance
shall be deemed a solicitor subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
The work "solicitor" shall include the words "hawker", "huckster",
and "peddler".
No permit issued under this chapter shall be transferable or
assignable.
No solicitor 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 ordinance, 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.
No solicitor, 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 proposed to sell.
Solicitors are required to exhibit their licenses at the request
of any citizen.
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 days prior to the date set for hearing.
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 §
52.040, or in the decision with reference to the revocation of a license as provided in §
52.110, shall have the right of appeal to the Board of Aldermen. Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the City Clerk, within 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 §
52.120.
The City Clerk shall maintain a list of persons within the City
who restrict visits to their residential property (including their
leasehold, in the case of a tenant) by solicitors. The issuing officer
may provide a form to assist residents, and this form may allow the
resident to select certain types of visits that the resident finds
acceptable while refusing permission to others. This "no visit" list
shall be a public document and available for public inspection and
copying. A copy of the "no visit" list shall be provided to each applicant
for and each recipient of a permit.
Any person violating any part of this ordinance shall have committed
a trespass on such property, and shall be prosecuted under the general
trespass ordinance of the City. The penalty for such violation shall
be the same as for any other trespass.