This article is and shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state and of the city for the public safety, comfort, convenience and protection of the city and citizens of the city, and all of the provisions hereof shall be construed for the accomplishment of that purpose.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(A))
An itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor as the terms are used in this article shall be held to be any person, firm, company, partnership, corporation or association engaged in any activity mentioned in section 4.03.003 hereof.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(E))
It shall be unlawful for any person to go from house to house or from place to place in the city soliciting, selling or taking orders or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, newspapers, magazines or subscriptions to newspapers or magazines, without having first having applied for and obtained a license to do so from the city administrator. It shall also be unlawful to sell or solicit in the city as aforesaid without carrying such license while engaged in such soliciting or selling.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(B))
Any person desiring to go from house to house or from place to place in the city to sell or solicit orders for goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, newspapers, magazines or subscriptions to newspapers or magazines shall make written application to the city administrator for a license to do so, which application shall show the name and address of applicant, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation, if any, that he or she represents, and the kind of goods offered for sale, and whether such applicant upon any such sale or order shall demand, accept or receive payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery, and the period of time such applicant wishes to sell or solicit in the city.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(C))
The application mentioned in section 4.03.004 hereof shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) signed by the applicant and signed, as surety, by some surety company authorized to do business in the state, conditioned for the final delivery of goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, magazines and newspapers in accordance with the terms of any order obtained prior to delivery and also conditioned to indemnify any and all purchasers or customers for any and all defects in material or workmanship that may exist in the article sold by the principal of said bond at the time of delivery and that may be discovered by such purchaser or customer within thirty (30) days after delivery, and which bond shall be for the use and benefit of all persons, firm or corporations that may make any purchase or give any order to the principal on said bond, or to an agent or employee of the principal.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(D))
The license fee for an itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor shall be in the amount adopted by the city council. Provided, however, when any person, firm, company, partnership, corporation or association is engaged in any activity mentioned in subsection 4.03.003 hereof through one (1) or more agents or employees, such person, firm, company, partnership, corporation or association shall, in addition, pay a license fee for each agent or employee so engaged, all of which licenses shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of their issuance. The fees herein provided for shall be used for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the issuing of said license.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(F); Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
The provisions of this article shall not apply to sales made to local dealers by commercial travelers or sales agents in the usual course of business, nor to sales made under authority and by order of law, nor to vendors of farm or dairy products.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(G))
(a) 
Registration required.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to persons engaged in interstate commerce as that term is herein defined; provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for persons engaged in interstate commerce to go from house to house or place to place in the city without having first registered with the city administrator, securing the certificate of registration and paying the registration fee herein provided.
(b) 
Registration information.
(1) 
Each registrant shall provide the city administrator with the following information when registering:
(A) 
Name, home address, and local address, if any, of the registrant.
(B) 
Name and address of the person, firm or corporation if any, that he or she represents or for whom or through whom orders are to be solicited or cleared.
(C) 
Nature of the articles or things which are to be sold or for which orders are to be solicited.
(D) 
Whether the registrant, upon any sale or order, shall demand or receive or accept payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery.
(E) 
The period of time which the registrant wishes to solicit or sell in the city.
(2) 
The registrant, at the time of the registration, as herein provided for, shall submit for inspection of the city administrator written proof of his identity, which may be in the form of an automobile operator’s license, identification letter or card issued to the registrant by the person, firm or corporation for whom or through whom orders are to be solicited or cleared.
(c) 
Issuance of certificate; fee; duration.
When any such person so engaged in interstate commerce shall have submitted the above required information to the city administrator, said official shall issue a certificate of registration under his hand and the seal of the city stating that the registrant has duly complied with this article. Upon the issuance of such certificate by the city administrator, each such registrant shall pay to the city administrator a registration fee in the amount adopted by the city council. The registration fee herein provided for shall be used for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the issuing of said registration certificates. Such certificates shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of their issuance.
(d) 
Definition.
The term “interstate commerce” means soliciting, selling or taking orders for or offering to take orders for goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, newspapers, magazines or subscriptions to newspapers or magazines, which, at the time the order is taken, are in another state or will be produced in another state and shipped or introduced into this city in the fulfillment of such orders.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(H)–(K); Ordinance adopting 2018 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person to display, sell or offer to sell or take orders for any products or services on the streets, alleys or sidewalks of the city. Provided, however, that merchants of the city shall be allowed a space on the sidewalk not exceeding twenty-four (24) inches to extend from the wall or front of their place of business on which merchandise may be displayed.
(1987 Code, ch. 4, sec. 4(L))