[R.O. 2014 §610.010; Ord. No. 1594[1] §1, 8-22-2013]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings indicated below:
- MERCHANDISE
- Any article or thing sold at any regularly established store or place of business in the City of Marshfield, including, among other things, apples, pears, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, bananas, fruit of any other kind, vegetables of any kind, nuts of any kind, meat and poultry.
- PEDDLER
- Any person or persons who sell, or offer for sale, at wholesale or retail, any thing or article of merchandise for immediate delivery upon sale and who have no established place of business on private property within the City of Marshfield for which a merchant's license is required, but who display and sell, or offer for sale, upon the public streets, highways, alleys or sidewalks of the City of Marshfield the thing or article of merchandise which is being peddled.
- SOLICITOR, CANVASSER or ORDER TAKER
- Any person going from house to house or place to place soliciting or taking orders for future sale and delivery, from within or outside the City, of any merchandise whatever or any service of any kind, except the sale of personal property at wholesale to retail dealers.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch.
610, Peddlers, adopted 12-8-1953 by Ord. No. 38, §§1 —
6.
[R.O. 2014 §610.030; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 8-22-2013]
A.
No person shall peddle or operate as a peddler, solicit, canvass
or order take in the City of Marshfield without first obtaining a
permit from the City Clerk for which there shall be paid to said Clerk
for the use of said City the sum of eighteen dollars ($18.00) per
calendar year.
B.
Each peddler, solicitor, canvasser or order taker shall secure a
personal license, but no license shall be required of a bona fide
employee of a licensee if such employee does not solicit sales but
is engaged in assisting the licensee in making deliveries.
[R.O. 2014 §610.040; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 8-22-2013]
No permit issued hereunder shall be assigned or transferred.
[R.O. 2014 §610.050; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 8-22-2013]
The fee provided for in Section 610.030 shall not apply to any farmer, or producers, for the sale of produce raised by him, her or them, when sold from his, her or their wagon, cart or vehicle, or by any person or persons in the employ of such farmer or producer.
[R.O. 2014 §610.060; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 8-22-2013]
A.
Applicants for a license under this Chapter shall file with the City
Clerk a sworn application in writing on a form to be furnished by
the City Clerk which shall give the following information:
1.
Name (including alias names), date of birth, social security
number and physical description of the applicant; this includes all
persons employed by the applicant that will be doing peddling/soliciting
and/or door-to-door sales.
2.
Complete permanent home and local address of the applicant.
3.
A brief description of the nature of the business and the goods
to be sold.
4.
If employed, the name and address of the employer, together
with credentials from the employer establishing the exact relationship.
5.
The length of time for which the right to do business is desired.
6.
The source of supply of the goods or property to be sold or
orders taken for the sale thereof, where such goods or products are
located at the time the application is filed and the proposed method
of delivery.
7.
A current State-issued identification with photograph of the
applicant which must be worn and visible at all times.
8.
A statement from the Marshfield Police Department as to whether
or not the applicant has any wants or warrants.
9.
A statement that the applicant agrees to honor all no-peddler
and no-soliciting signs; agrees to promptly leave any private premises
upon the request of any occupant thereof; agrees that no peddling,
soliciting, canvassing or order taking will be conducted after the
hours of 8:00 P.M. or prior to 8:00 A.M., local time; and further
agrees that any violation of this subsection will be grounds for immediate
revocation of the license.
[1]
State Law Reference — Application for license of peddler
or itinerant vendor, Sections 150.400 RSMo. and 150.490 RSMo.
[R.O. 2014 §610.070; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 8-22-2013]
No licensee whose license has been revoked under this section
shall make further application for a license within one (1) year after
the revocation.
[R.O. 2014 §610.080; Ord. No. 1594 §1, 8-22-2013]
No license required under this Chapter shall be used at any
time by any person other than the one to whom it is issued.
