§ 45.01. Permit and License Required.

It is unlawful for any person to solicit or peddle, as defined in this Chapter, whether or not engaged in interstate commerce, within the corporate limits of the City of Orlando, without first obtaining and having in personal possession a valid, current solicitor's permit in compliance with this Chapter and having first obtained a Business Tax Receipt as required by Chapter 36 of this Code.

A business shall require and be responsible to ensure that all of its agents shall have a current City of Orlando solicitor's permit before that agent is authorized to solicit or peddle within the City of Orlando on behalf of the business. No owner, proprietor, partner, officer, manager, supervisor or employee of a business shall authorize or permit an agent to solicit or peddle within the City of Orlando on behalf of the business, unless the agent has a current City of Orlando solicitor's permit.

It shall be construed to be soliciting or peddling on behalf of a business for the purposes of this section, if the business receives all or part of the financial consideration paid for the goods or services, either directly or indirectly. Sales of goods by the business to its agents for subsequent sale to the public by soliciting or peddling shall be construed to be soliciting or peddling on behalf of the business, unless the business clearly demonstrates to the license official that the business only acts as a wholesaler, the business has no control over the solicitors or peddlers and the business does not provide any organizational or promotional support to the solicitors or peddlers.

(Ord. of 6-21-1971, § 1; Ord. of 1-10-1983, Doc. #17494; Ord. No. 2015-57, § 1, 11-16-2015, Doc. #1511161210)