Except for the provisions of this article dealing with minimum food standards, loud noises and speaking devices, the use of streets, hours of operation in residential districts, exhibiting cards or signs prohibiting solicitors, conduct of telephone solicitations, and solicitations on or at city-owned property, public parks, or swimming pools, the provisions of this article shall not apply to:
(1) Ordinary commercial travelers who sell or exhibit for sale goods, wares or merchandise to persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of selling, buying and dealing in goods or merchandise;
(2) Persons engaged in charitable or religious solicitations as defined in this article;
(3) Newspaper delivery persons;
(4) Telephone solicitations as defined and regulated in this article;
(5) Solicitations made at the request of a person, solicitations made in connection with an existing debt or contract, or solicitations from a solicitor with whom the person has an existing business relationship;
(6) A person licensed under the Insurance Code, if the solicited transaction is governed by the Insurance Code;
(7) A person who periodically delivers catalogs to potential purchasers if the catalog:
(A) Includes at least 24 pages of written material or illustrations; and
(B) Is circulated in more than one state;
(8) A person selling merchandise under an arrangement in which the seller periodically ships or delivers the merchandise to a consumer who has consented in advance to receive the merchandise on a periodic basis; or
(9) A person who has for at least one year been operating under the same name as that used in connection with its soliciting operations a retail establishment where consumer goods are displayed and offered for sale on a continuing basis and involves the buyers obtaining services or products at the person's retail establishment.
(Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)