The practice of going in and upon private premises in the City by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors of merchandise not having been first requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant of occupants of said private premises for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise and/or/disposing of and/or peddling or hawking the same is declared to be a nuisance and punishable as a misdemeanor.
The provisions of Section 8-301 of this article shall not apply to solicitations conducted by religious, racial, or eleemosynary organizations and associations: provided, that such organization or association shall have first made application to the governing body no later than five days prior to the Council meeting preceding the proposed start of solicitation and furnishing the following information in writing:
(a) 
Name, address, and telephone number of local headquarters;
(b) 
Area to be covered by solicitation;
(c) 
List of names and addresses of solicitors to be engaged in solicitation area assigned;
(d) 
Date and hours of solicitation;
(e) 
Purpose of solicitation and having obtained the approval of the governing body.
No provision of this article shall be construed to authorize the solicitation of any home or residence where the occupant thereof has posted a notice forbidding solicitation.
In the distribution of any advertising matter, the following rules and regulations shall be complied with:
(a) 
Placing in Vehicles or Handing to Pedestrians Along Streets or Alleys. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any such advertising matter by placing the same in or upon vehicles upon the streets or alleys of the City, or by handing or passing the same to pedestrians along the streets or alleys; Provided, That any person located in the City, or operating in conjunction with an established business located in the City, shall have the right, upon the issuance of a permit to such person, to distribute, advertising matter to pedestrians along the streets of the City if such distribution is conducted in such a manner as not to constitute a nuisance, or to distribute lawfully as provided in Section 8-304b of this article.
(b) 
Leaving in Yards, Lawns, Hallways, Etc.
(1) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave such advertising matter in the yards or on the lawns in the residence districts, or in the hallways of apartment houses or in any hall, except when each piece so distributed shall be separately placed so that the wind will not carry the same on the lawn or into the streets or alleys.
(2) 
No person, in distributing advertising matter as above provided for, shall cross the lawn or other portions of the premises of others, except upon the duly constituted sidewalks and walks leading directly to the front doors of any residence.
(3) 
In case there appears posted, either upon the building or in the yard in a conspicuous place, a sign to the effect that no posters or bills shall be left at the premises, then it shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any advertising matter at such premises or leave any advertising matter any place upon the premises.
(c) 
Identification Badge or Card. Each person distributing advertising matter as above provided shall wear or carry an identification badge or card designating the employer and the number of such employees. Such badge shall be furnished by the employer and be in a form designated by the City Clerk.
(d) 
Right of Owner or Occupant to Prevent or Punish Leaving. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive the owner or occupant of any property of the right to employ any lawful means to prevent or punish the leaving of any advertising materials on the premises owned or occupied by him.
(e) 
Candidates for Public Office, Religious and Charitable Organizations. All candidates for public office, religious and charitable organizations, shall comply with the provisions of this section and be subject to the penalties herein provided in the distribution of advertising matter; Provided, That they shall not be required to make an application for a permit under the terms of this section.
(f) 
Application for Permit. Application for a permit under the terms of this section shall be made in writing to the governing body furnishing the following information:
(1) 
Name, address and telephone number of local employer;
(2) 
Area to be covered;
(3) 
Names and addresses of employees to be in area;
(4) 
Date and hours of employment;
(5) 
Purpose of calls.
No person shall paste or affix or inscribe any handbill, poster card, device or inscription to or upon or against any fence, structure or property of any parks, place, square or highway surrounding the same except in areas specifically designated for such purposes.
There is hereby levied a license fee upon every person, who shall, within the City, conduct, pursuer carry on or operate the calling, trade or occupation of advertising or announcing by means of any loudspeaker, radio or phonograph device, either in or attached to any automobile or other vehicle operated on the streets of said City by which the sound of such advertisement or announcements, either in the form of music, voice or otherwise by any of the means aforesaid, is projected into any public street, for the purpose of calling attention to persons in such public street or elsewhere the advertisement or announcement projected from or by means of any such device.
The license fee levied and provided for under the provisions of the preceding section shall be in the sum of $3 per day for each loudspeaker, radio or phonograph device from which advertisement or announcement is projected, and it shall be unlawful for any person to use any such device within the City and upon the public streets thereof or adjacent to any such public street until such person shall have applied to the City Clerk for such license, and shall pay the license fee provided for herein and shall have received a license from the City Clerk to conduct, pursue, carry on or operate within the City, for the time for which such license fee is paid, such calling, trade or occupation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate any such device as mentioned in Section 8-306, within the City at any time after the hour of 9:00 p.m., and earlier than the hour of 8:00 a.m. on any day, and no license issued under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to permit the use thereof during any of the time when such use is prohibited by the provisions of this section.
No person shall use the public streets or highways of the City for the sale of services or merchandise except as herein provided. No person shall have any exclusive right to any location in the public streets, nor shall he 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 article, 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.
It shall be the duty of any police officer to require any person seen peddling who is not known by such officer to be duly licensed, to produce his occupation tax license and to enforce the provisions of this article against any person found to be violating the same.
The City Marshal - Chief of Police shall report to the City Clerk, all convictions for violation of this article, and the City Clerk shall maintain a record for each license issued and record the reports of violation therein.
Licenses and Permits may be revoked for the following causes and notice given in the manner as follows:
(a) 
Permits and licenses issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked by the governing body, of the City after notice and hearing, for any of the following causes;
(1) 
Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for license;
(2) 
Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in the course of carrying on his business as peddler;
(3) 
Any violation of this article;
(4) 
Conviction of any crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
(5) 
Conducting the business of peddling in an unlawful manner or in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or to constitute a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the public.
(b) 
Notice of the hearing for revocation of a license shall be given in writing.