Athens City Code

1. (1) Application form. A sworn application containing the following information shall be completed and filed with the finance department 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. (a) The complete name and permanent address of the business or organization the applicant represents.
   2. (b) A brief description of the type of business and the goods to be sold.
   3. (c) The dates for which the applicant intends to do business or make solicitations.
   4. (d) The names and permanent addresses of each person who will make sales or solicitations within the city.
   5. (e) 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. (f) Tennessee state sales tax number, if applicable.
2. (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 $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. (3) Permit issued. Upon the completion of the application form and the payment of the permit fee, where required, the finance department shall issue a permit and provide a copy of the same to the applicant.
4. (4) Submission of application form to chief of police. Immediately after the applicant obtains a permit from the finance department, the finance department shall submit to the chief of police a copy of the application form and the permit.

(Code 1995, § 9-204)