Chapter 5.05
BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSES

Sections:

5.05.010    License requirements.

5.05.020    New goods public auctions – License fees.

5.05.030    Hawkers, peddlers or vendors.

5.05.040    Penalty.

    Prior legislation: Ord. 1723.

5.05.010 License requirements.

It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal or agent, to carry on, engage in or pursue any of the trades, occupations or businesses as set out in this chapter without having first paid the prescribed license fee and obtained a license from the Public Safety Director. (Code 1990 § 5-101)

5.05.020 New goods public auctions – License fees.

The license fee for the conducting of a new goods public auction, as it is defined and regulated by K.S.A. 58-1014 through 58-1023, shall be $25.00 for each day that the applicant proposes to operate the public auction. (Code 1990 § 5-102)

5.05.030 Hawkers, peddlers or vendors.

For hawkers, peddlers or other vendors from stands, wagons, cars or other vehicles of any goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or articles, and hawkers and peddlers or other vendors canvassing from place to place, or from house to house on foot, any goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or other articles, the license fee shall be the sum of $5.00 per day or $25.00 per year; provided, that said license fee shall not apply to hawkers, peddlers or vendors or producers, or their agents and employees, engaged in the sale of farm or garden products, or fruits grown by said persons within the State of Kansas. There shall be no soliciting after 5:00 p.m. (Code 1990 § 5-103. Code 1969.)

5.05.040 Penalty.

Any person, corporation, partnership or association violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any amount not to exceed $100.00 or be imprisoned not to exceed 30 days or be both so fined and imprisoned. Each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense. (Code 1990 § 5-104. Code 1969.)