Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon the conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum in accordance with the general penaltyprovided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each and every day any person shall peddle without a license shall be a separate offense.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.109; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any itinerant merchant who may move from place to place and sell or offer for sale any bankrupt, fire or water damaged stock or merchandise, or goods, wares, or any other commodity, or for any person to go from house to house or from place to place in the city for soliciting, selling, or taking orders for goods, wares, merchandise, subscriptions to magazines or newspapers, to expose plates or films to make negatives, to make pictures or photographs for future delivery, or any article for future delivery, without first applying for and obtaining a permit or license to do so from the city secretary.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.101)
Any person desiring to engage in the business of itinerant merchant or that of peddling within the corporate limits of the city shall make written application for a permit or license to do so to the city secretary. The application shall show the name and address of the applicant, the name and address of the person, firm or corporation which the applicant represents, the kinds of goods, wares and merchandise offered for sale, and whether such applicant upon any such order so obtained will demand, accept or receive payment or deposit of money in advance of final delivery, and the period of time such applicant wishes to so solicit, sell or take orders in the city.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.102)
(a) 
Where the application for a permit shows that the applicant will not demand, receive or accept payment and/or deposit money in advance of final delivery of goods, wares, merchandise, or articles to be sold and/or solicited by the applicant, then it shall be the duty of the city secretary to issue to such applicant a permit to solicit, sell and make orders for such goods, wares, merchandise and/or articles set out in the applicant’s application for his permit within the city for a period of twelve months, except that of itinerant merchants, from the date of the issuance of the permit.
(b) 
If the applicant shows that the applicant shall receive, demand and/or accept payment and/or deposit money in advance of final delivery of goods, wares, merchandise and/or articles sold, then such application shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) executed by the applicant as principal and a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Texas, or by two financially responsible owners of property situated in the State of Texas, subject to execution of the value in double of the amount of said bond, continued [conditioned] upon making final delivery of such wares, goods, merchandise, magazines, newspapers, plates, films, and photographs and articles in accordance with the terms of suchorder and/or orders obtained and which bond shall be for the use and benefit of all persons, firms or corporations who may pay in advance or make any advance deposit on the purchase price of said orders, and shall stipulate in its terms.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.103)
(a) 
The city secretary shall issue a license upon the payment of a fee in the amount set forth in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(b) 
Persons offering for sale agricultural products, meats, poultry, or other articles of food grown or produced by such persons shall not be required to pay license fees, but a license shall be issued to such persons by the city secretary upon satisfactory proof that they have produced or grown the products to be peddled and such license shall so state.
(c) 
All licenses are to be issued for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.104; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Anyone selling goods, wares, or merchandise for local schools, churches or clubs shall be exempt from the purchase of a permit.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.105)
It shall be unlawful for any peddler to take a stand, or stop or stand his vehicle, on any public street within the corporate limits of the city for a longer time period than ten (10) minutes.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.107)
Any person or company divisions to sell on a door-to-door basis any product, wares, goods, or services which have sales representatives who are nonresidential shall be deemed in violation of this article unless said person is duly bonded and licensed to sell or distribute such items.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.108(a))
If the city secretary is of the opinion that the applicant applying for a peddler’s permit has a questionable purpose or intent they shall not be permitted to present for sale their goods, wares, products, or services until they appear before the city council at their regular scheduled meeting to either receive or be denied permission to sell in the city limits.
(Ordinance 130 adopted 2/18/1930; 1989 Code, sec. 13.108(b))