§ 5.25. License taxes for peddlers, caterers, and street vendors.
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(a) For every person engaged in or carrying on the business of a peddler for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any goods, wares or merchandise, a tax pursuant to section 5.22 each year, or portion of year thereof, except as otherwise specifically set forth herein.
The first license of any newly established peddler shall set forth a license tax prorated upon the basis of calendar quarters, or fractions thereof, remaining in the current calendar year.
All licenses for persons engaged in or carrying on the business of a peddler shall be annual licenses only. No refunds shall be granted to any peddler who terminates his business in the city before the expiration date of said license. No such license may be transferred from one person to another.
(b) Catering vehicles operating on the streets of the city which service its businesses shall comply with the appropriate requirements of all city departments having jurisdiction. Said catering vehicles shall first obtain the appropriate clearance and approval of all such departments prior to licensing.
(1) Catering vehicles shall be defined and license taxes payable pursuant to section 5.22 determined for each of the following:
(i) Any catering vehicle engaged in the preparation and sale of hot food and drink items from said vehicle.
(ii) Any catering vehicle engaged in the preparation and sale of cold food and drink items only from said vehicle.
(2) Catering vehicles, not otherwise licensed, operating in the City to serve an auction or other special event, shall pay a daily tax pursuant to Section 5.22 for each day of said operation.
(c) No license shall be issued to a peddler or to a catering vehicle until such catering vehicle or peddler’s vehicle has been inspected and approved by the Fire Department and the Health Department.
(d) A license for a peddler’s vehicle or a catering vehicle may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle upon payment of the established transfer fee pursuant to Section 5.22; provided, however, that all requirements of City departments having jurisdiction are given compliance.
(e) For every peddler who calls attention to his or her wares, or advertises the same by use of music, entertainment, speech, fancy or grotesque dress, or otherwise, upon any public street, alley, or other public place, doorway of any room or building, unenclosed or vacant lot or parcel of land within the City, shall pay a tax pursuant to Section 5.22 each year, or any monthly portion thereof.
(f) Every person conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of selling fruits and/or vegetables from a vehicle, and having no fixed place of business in the City, shall pay a tax pursuant to Section 5.22 each year or portion thereof.
