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11.06 Hawkers and Peddlers

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11.02 Regulations Applying to All Licenses and Permits
11.04 Registration of Solicitors
11.06 Hawkers and Peddlers
11.08 Itinerant Merchants
11.10 Peddling Ice Cream, Candy, Confection or Beverage
11.12 Junk Dealers or Dealers in any Second Hand Article Whatsoever
11.14 Liquor
11.22 Exhibitions and Carnivals
11.24 Oil and Gas Wells
11.28 Taxicabs

Chapter 11.06

HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS

Sections:

11.06.010 License Required.

11.06.020 Applications.

11.06.030 Fee.

11.06.040 Street Peddlers.

11.06.050 Fraud.

11.06.060 Penalty.

11.06.070 Exemption.

11.06.010 License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in the business of hawker or peddler of any merchandise, article, or thing without having first secured a license therefor.

11.06.020 Applications. Applications for such licenses shall be made to the City Clerk, and shall state thereon the description and number of vehicles, if any, intended to be operated, the kind of merchandise to be peddled, and the permanent address of the peddler.

11.060.030 Fee. The fee for such license shall be $5.00 per day.

11.060.040 Street Peddlers. No peddler shall ply his vocation on any street, sidewalk, park, parkway, or in any other public place unless his peddlers license specifies peddling in such public places is permitted thereunder.

11.060.050 Fraud. Any licensed peddler or hawker who shall be guilty of any fraud, cheating, or misrepresentation, whether through himself or through an employee, while acting as a peddler of the City or who shall barter, sell, or peddle any goods, or merchandise, or wares other than those specified in his application for a license, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance.

11.06.060 Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.

11.060.070 Exemption. This Chapter shall not apply to farmers and growers selling their own products.