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<br /> <br />Sec. 38-385. - Exclusion by placard. <br /> <br />(a) Any resident of the city who wishes to exclude peddlers or solicitors from premises occupied by <br />the resident may place upon or near the usual entrance to such premises a printed placard or <br />sign bearing the following notice: "Peddlers and Solicitors Prohibited." Such placard shall be at <br />least 3½ inches long and 3½ inches wide and the printing thereon shall not be smaller than 49- <br />point type. No peddler or solicitor, including those exempt from license requirements as <br />provided in section 38-383 of this Code, shall enter in or upon any premises, or attempt to <br />enter in or upon any premises, where such a placard or sign is placed and maintained. <br />(b) Violation of this section shall result in the revocation of a duly issued license. <br /> <br />Division 2. - License <br />Sec. 38-411. - Required. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the activity of peddling, soliciting, or transient, <br />or mobile food selling without first having obtained a license in compliance with the provisions of <br />this division. A separate license shall be secured for each individual person engaged as a peddler, <br />solicitor, or transient merchant. Each mobile food unit requires a separate license. <br />Sec. 38-412. - Application. <br />The application for the license provided for in this division shall be made to the city clerk by <br />filing the annual license fee and by completing an application form as provided by the city clerk. In <br />addition to such information as the city clerk may require, the application shall include: <br />(1) The name of the applicant and all persons associated in business in the city. <br />(2) The permanent home address and full local address of the applicant, and the permanent <br />and local telephone numbers of the applicant. <br />(3) A brief written description of the nature of the business, the goods to be sold, and the <br />applicant's method of operation. <br />(4) Credentials from the person for which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing <br />the applicant to act as such representative. <br />(5) For peddlers, solicitors and transient merchant activities, <br /> <br />i.Dates the applicant intends to do business in the city. <br /> <br />ii.The location where the goods or property proposed to be sold, or orders taken <br />for the sale thereof, is manufactured or produced, where such goods or products <br />are located at the time the application is filed, and the proposed method of <br />delivery. <br /> <br />iii.Permission for the city to take a photo of applicant in order to create a city <br />issued license. <br />(6) A statement as to whether or not the applicant and the person managing the business has <br />been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or violation of any city, state, or federal law, <br /> Page 3 <br />