An “itinerant merchant” or an “itinerant vendor”
is herein defined as any person who goes from house to house or from
place to place or who may peddle his goods or merchandise from a temporary
location in the city soliciting, selling, or taking orders for or
offering to sell or take orders for any goods, wares, merchandise,
services, insurance, photographs or magazines.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.102)
Any person, firm, or individual who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum as provided for in section
1.01.009 of this code. Each and every day’s violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.109)
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the sale or
soliciting of orders for the sale of milk, dairy products, bakery
products, vegetables, poultry, eggs, and other farm and garden products
which have been raised or produced by the vendor; daily deliveries
of milk and bakery and other food products to retail merchants; newspaper
distribution when headquarters are maintained in the city; sales made
to dealers by commercial travelers or sales agents in the usual course
of business; sales made by distributors of any merchandise; sales
made under authority and by order of law; sales of goods or merchandise
produced, manufactured, or originating within a ten (10) mile radius
of the city; or sales by merchants who reside in the city or within
ten (10) miles of the radius of the city.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.108)
It shall be unlawful for any peddler or hawker of goods or merchandise
to enter upon premises owned or leased by another and willfully refuse
to leave such premises after having been notified by the owner or
possessor of such premises, or his agent, to leave the same.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.101)
It shall be unlawful for any itinerant merchant or vendor to engage in any activity mentioned in section
4.02.001 without having first applied for and obtained a permit to do so from the city secretary’s office.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.103)
Each applicant for a permit under this article shall be charged
a permit fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix
A of this code. Applicants demonstrating a valid claim of interstate
commerce shall be exempt from the fee requirements herein, but shall
be otherwise regulated by the provisions of this article.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.104)
Each permit issued under this article shall contain the following:
(1) The
name of the applicant and his address;
(2) A
physical description of the applicant;
(3) The
date the permit was issued.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.105)
It shall be unlawful for any itinerant merchant or vendor to
engage in any activity for which a permit is required by this article
unless he carries such permit on his person while so engaged.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.106)
All permits issued under this article shall be valid from the
date shown thereon for a period of one (1) year.
(2001 Code, sec. 4.107)