Ordinances-1979-85

ORDINANCE NO. 1979-85 AN ORDINANCE FOR LICENSING AND REGULATING PEDDLERS IN THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa: SECTION I. Definitions: For use in this ordinance the following terms are defined: 1. The term "peddler" shall mean any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale for immediate delivery such goods or merchandise from house-to-house or upon the public street. 2. The term "solicitor" shall mean any person who solicits or attempts to solicit from house-to-house or upon the public street an order for goods, subscriptions or merchandise to be delivered at a future date. 3. The term "transient merchant" shall mean any person, firm or corporation who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business and in the course of such business hires, leases or occupies any building or structure whatsoever. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer shall not exempt any person, firm or corporation from being considered a transient merchant. SECTION II. License Required. Any person engaging in peddling, soliciting or in the business of a transient merchant in this city without first obtaining a license as herein provided shall be in violation of this chapter. SECTION III. Exemptions. Newsboys, local Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, Future Farmers of America, 4-H Club members, students of the Clear Creek Community School District conducting projects sponsored by their organizations, milk delivery men, persons customarily calling on businesses or institutions for the purpose of selling products for resale or institutional use and local farmers selling fruits and vegetables which they have produced, are exempt from the regulations of this ordinance. SECTION IV. Religious and Charitable Organizations Exempt. Authorized representatives of religious and charitable organizations desiring to solicit money or to distribute literature shall be exempt from the operation of Section V through XII of this ordinance. All such organizations shall be required to submit in writing to the city clerk the name and purpose of the cause for which such activities are sought, names and addresses of the officers and directors of the organization, the period during which such activities are to be carried on, and whether any commissions, fees, or wages are to be charged by the solicitor for his efforts and the amount thereof. If the city clerk shall find that the organization is a bona fide charity, or religious organization he shall issue, free of charge, a license containing the above information to the applicant. An applicant may appeal a denial of the license to the city council, and shall have the right to a hearing. The license shall be valid for not exceeding one year or such shorter time as applicable for the purpose of solicitation.