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Table of Contents » Title 9 Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc. » Chapter 2 Peddlers, Solicitors, Etc. » § 9-204 Permit procedure.
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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 2 : Peddlers, Solicitors, Etc.

9-204 : Permit procedure.

  1. Application form. A sworn application containing the following information shall be completed and filed with the city recorder by each applicant for a permit as a peddler, transient vendor, solicitor, or street barker and by each applicant for a permit as a solicitor for charitable or religious purposes or as a solicitor for subscriptions:
    1. The complete name and permanent address of the business or organization the applicant represents.
    2. A brief description of the type of business and the goods to be sold or the charity or cause for which contributions will be solicited.
    3. The dates for which the applicant intends to do business or make solicitations.
    4. The names and permanent addresses of each person who will make sales or solicitations within the city.
    5. The make, model, complete description, and license tag number and state of issue, of each vehicle to be used to make sales or solicitations, whether or not such vehicle is owned individually by the person making sales or solicitations, by the business or organization itself, or rented or borrowed from another business or person.
    6. Tennessee State sales tax number, if applicable.
    7. A statement that control and supervision of the solicitation will be under responsible and reliable persons, that neither the applicant nor the applicant organization has engaged in any fraudulent transactions or enterprise, and the solicitation is for a bona fide charitable or religious purpose.
      1. Each application shall be referred to the chief of police for investigation. The chief shall report his findings to the city recorder within seventy-two (72) hours.
      2. If as a result of such investigation the chief reports the applicant's moral reputation and/or business responsibility to be unsatisfactory the city recorder shall notify the applicant that his application is disapproved and that no permit will be issued.
      3. If, on the other hand, the chief's report indicates that the moral reputation and business responsibility of the applicant are satisfactory the city recorder shall issue a permit upon the payment of all applicable privilege taxes.
      4. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the action of the chief of police and/or the city recorder in the denial of a permit shall have the right to appeal to the governing body. Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the mayor within fourteen (14) days after notice of the action complained of, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The mayor shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal and notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given to the appellant. The notice shall be in writing and shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the applicant at his last known address at least five (5) days prior to the date set for hearing, or shall be delivered by a police officer in the same manner as a summons at least three (3) days prior to the date set for hearing.
  2. Permit fee. Each applicant for a permit as a peddler, transient vendor, solicitor or street barker shall submit with his application a nonrefundable fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). There shall be no fee for an application for a permit as a solicitor for charitable purposes or as a solicitor for subscriptions.
  3. Permit issued. Upon the completion of the application form and the payment of the permit fee, where required, and being satisfied of the truthfulness of the information contained therein, the recorder shall issue a permit and provide a copy of the same to the applicant.
  4. Submission of application form to chief of police. Immediately after the applicant obtains a permit from the city recorder, the city recorder shall submit to the chief of police a copy of the application form and the permit.
  5. Denial of permit. Any applicant for a permit under the provisions of this section may appeal to the governing body if he/she has not been granted a permit within fifteen (15) days after he makes application therefore. (as amended by Ord. #805, March 2007, and Ord. #844, Feb. 2010)
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland
 

Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland