[R.O. 2011 § 640.010; R.O. 2009 § 119.20; CC 1981 § 16-27; Ord. No. 93-166, 7-21-1993; Ord. No. 93-223, 10-6-1993; Ord. No. 94-326, 12-14-1994; Ord. No. 95-15, 1-29-1995; Ord. No. 95-103, 4-13-1995; Ord. No. 95-129, 5-4-1995; Ord. No. 97-238, 7-16-1997]
A. 
Definition. For the purpose of this Section, an "itinerant merchant" is defined as any person, firm or corporation, whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, whether a resident of the City or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods, wares and merchandise within the City and who, in furtherance of that purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, motor vehicle, tent, public room, hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop, lot or any other place within the City for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise.
B. 
Regular Itinerant Merchant License. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every itinerant merchant shall pay a license fee in the amount stated in Section 150.030. The license shall be valid for three (3) consecutive calendar weeks. An itinerant merchant shall not be issued more than three (3) licenses in any calendar year.
[Ord. No. 22-168, 12-20-2022]
C. 
Promoter-Related Itinerant Merchant License. No itinerant merchant's license shall be required of any itinerant merchant participating in an event for which a promoter's license has been issued.
D. 
Promoters.
1. 
The person responsible for the development, coordination, advertising and implementation of a group event involving itinerant merchants shall pay a license fee based upon the number of itinerant merchants and the rates set forth in Section 150.030. The license shall be valid for any combination of seven (7) days within one (1) year from the date of issuance and which shall be valid only for a single location which shall be specified in the license.
[Ord. No. 22-168, 12-20-2022]
2. 
Organizations exempted from license fees under Section 605.120 are exempt from this promoter's license fee, but shall obtain and display the license when functioning as a promoter.
3. 
Promoters shall provide to the Director of Finance a list of itinerant merchants participating in the event, including sales tax numbers. In the event that an itinerant merchant does not have a sales tax number, then the promoter shall certify that the promoter has given the itinerant merchant a State concession report form and the promoter shall provide the City with the name and address of that itinerant merchant. This information shall be provided to the Director of Finance five (5) days prior to the first day of the event, along with any other appropriate information.
E. 
Licenses issued under this Section are not transferable.
F. 
Itinerant merchants and promoters shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this Section merely by reason of associating temporarily with any person possessing a business license or by conducting the transient business in connection with, as a part of or in the name of any person possessing a business license.
G. 
Open-Air Produce Market And Food Vendor Itinerant Merchant. Every itinerant merchant operating an open-air produce market or operating as a food vendor shall pay a license fee in the amount stated in Section 150.030. The license shall be valid for one (1) year.
[Ord. No. 22-168, 12-20-2022]
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Editor's Note: R.O. 2011 § 640.005, Vending Within Jefferson Street, Missouri River, Reservoir Street And Second Street, which immediately preceded this Section, as amended by Ord. Nos. 90-187, 04-228, and 08-77, was repealed by the City during the 2022 recodification project.
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Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 640.160.