§ 6-34. License.

(a)

Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a billposter for hire or as a handbill distributor for hire, or for any person to distribute commercial or noncommercial handbills, without first complying with the terms of this article and all other relevant laws and regulations. Nothing contained in this article shall apply to any person advertising his business or activity on his own premises, if the business or activity is regularly established at a definite location in the city, and also if a license has been obtained therefor, if a license is required under the terms of any applicable law or ordinance.

(b)

Application; contents. Any person desiring to engage, as principal, either in the business of a billposter for hire, or in the business of distributing commercial or noncommercial handbills for hire, shall make application to and receive from the city clerk a license in the manner and for the period prescribed by the terms of this article and by all relevant provisions of this Code. The applicant shall make written application to the city clerk on a form provided for this purpose by the city clerk. The form shall contain, among other things that may be required, the name, the business address, and a brief description of the nature of the business to be conducted by the applicant, the probable number of agents and employees to be engaged, together with a request for a license for the period for which the applicant seeks to engage in the business.

(c)

Revocation; nontransferability. Without excluding other just grounds for revocation, the city council may revoke any license issued under this article which has been obtained under an application containing false or fraudulent statements knowingly made by the applicant with intent to obtain a license by means of false or fraudulent representations, or for violation of this article, or for any other grounds specified by law. The application shall be accompanied by the required fee for such license. No license issued under this article shall be transferable. If any license issued under this article shall be surrendered by the licensee therein named, or shall be revoked for cause, neither the licensee named in the license, nor any other person, shall be entitled to any refund of any part of the fee.

(d)

Fees; exemptions. The fee for a license under this article, and for any such purposes, is on file in the city clerk's office. Persons acting for licensees, as agents or employees, in the posting or distributing of any signs or handbills, shall not be required to obtain a license or pay a fee, but each person shall comply with, and be subject to, each and all of the other provisions of this article. The provisions of this article may be waived by the city council.

(Code 1985, § 111.03)

Cross reference

Businesses, ch. 18.