Chapter 5.64
SOLICITORS

5.64.000    Chapter Contents

Sections:

5.64.001    Administrative provisions.

5.64.002    Business and occupations tax applies.

5.64.010    Defined.

5.64.020    License Required.

5.64.025    Occupational permit – Required.

5.64.060    Violations – Civil Infraction.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025; Ord. 6694 §15, 2010, repealed OMC 5.64.030 through 5.64.110).

5.64.001 Administrative Provisions

The administrative provisions contained in OMC Chapter 5.05 shall be fully applicable to the provisions of this chapter except as expressly stated to the contrary herein.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025).

5.64.002 Business and Occupations Tax Applies

The provisions contained in OMC Chapter 5.04 shall be fully applicable to businesses regulated under this chapter.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025).

5.64.010 Defined

A “solicitor,” within the meaning of this chapter, is any person who goes from house to house, or place to place, in the City, selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares or merchandise, for present or future delivery, or for the making, manufacturing, or repairing of any article or thing whatsoever, for present or future delivery except those selling to merchants for resale; providing, however, that this section and chapter shall not apply to persons soliciting goods to be shipped from one state to another in interstate commerce.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025; Ord. 6694 §15, 2010; Ord. 4224 §7, 1980; Ord. 2585 §1, 1948).

5.64.020 License Required

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in business in the City without first obtaining a license pursuant to the provisions of OMC 5.02. Any additional licensing or permitting requirements of this Chapter 5.64 shall also apply.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025; Ord. 6694 §15, 2010; Ord. 2585 §2, 1948).

5.64.025 Occupational permit – Required

It is unlawful for any person to act as a solicitor, within the meaning and application of this chapter, unless they have first secured an occupational permit in the manner provided by Chapter 5.10.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025; Ord. 6694 §15, 2010).

5.64.060 Violations -- Civil Infraction

A.    It shall be a civil infraction for a person, firm, limited liability company or corporation to violate or fail to comply with any term or provision of this chapter. Each day shall be a separate infraction. A person, firm, limited liability company or corporation found to have committed a civil infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty as provided in OMC Chapter 4.44, Uniform Civil Enforcement.

(Ord. 7424 §46, 2025).