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(c) P ersons conducting the type of sales commonly known as garage sale s, rummage sale s or estate sales, as well as anyone conducting a n auc tion as a properly licensed auctioneer or any officer of the court conducting a court-ordered sale ; (d) No licenses shall be re quired for vendors as a preliminary step to the establishment of a regular route se rvice for the sale and delivery of commodities or the providing of service s to regular customers; and (e) School aged children selling items for fund raisers. (f) P ersons selling only farm products they have grown themselves. (2) Exception from the definitions for the scope of this chapter shall not exc use any person from complying with any other applicable statutory provision or local ordina nce. (P rior Code, § 612.03) (Ord. 01-89, passed 2-13-1989; Am. Ord. 01-11, passed 1-24-2011) § 6 1 3 .03 RELIGIOUS AND CHARITAB LE ORGANIZATIONS. (1) Any organization, socie ty, association or corporation desiring to solicit or have solicited in its name money, donations of money or property or financial assista nce of any kind or desiring to sell or distribute a ny ite m of literature or merchandise for which a fee is charged or solicited from persons other than me mbers of the organizations upon the streets, in office or business buildings, by house to house canvass or in public places for a charitable, religious, patriotic, philanthropic or otherwise non-profit purpose shall be exempt from § 613.04 of this chapter, provided a sworn application in writing on a form furnished by the c ity is filed which shall include the following information: (a) Name and purpose of the cause for which the license is sought; (b) Names a nd addresses of the officers a nd/or directors of the organization; (c) The period during which the solicitation is to be carried on; and (d) Whether or not any commission, fee, wages or emolume nts are to be expended in c onnection with the solicitation. (2) Upon the foregoing being satisfied, the orga nization, association or corporation shall furnish all its membe rs, agents or representatives conducting the solicitation crede ntials in writing stating the name of the organization, name of the a gent and the purpose of the solicitation. The credentials shall be kept on the person of the members, agents or representatives during the actua l solicitation and be presented to anyone requesting to see same. (P rior Code, § 612.04) (Ord. 01-89, passed 2-13-1989) § 6 1 3 .04 LICENSING; EXEM PTIONS. (1) Co u n ty license required. No person sha ll conduct business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant within the city limits without first having obtained the appropriate license from the county as required by M.S. Ch. 329, as it may be amended from time to time, if the county issues a license for the activity. (2) City licen se req u ired . Except as otherwise provided for by this chapte r, no person shall conduct busine ss as either a pe ddle r, solicitor or transient merchant without first having obtained a license from the city. The license period will be no longer than six months from the date of issuance. A single license may be issued to a company covering its employees or agents as long as an applica tion, as described he rein, is complete d, for each individual person operating in the city. (3) App lication. Application for a city lice nse to conduct business as a peddler, transient merchant or solicitor shall be made at least ten regular business days before the applic ant desires to begin conducting business on an application form available from the office of the City Clerk. All applications shall be signed by the applicant and shall include the following information: (a) Applica nt's full legal name, name of business and a pplicant's current position; (b) All other names under which the applicant conducts business or to which applicant officially answers; (c) Applica nt's permanent home and business address as well as a local a ddress for correspondence; (d) Any and all busine ss related telephone numbers, including a number where the applic ant can be reached while conducting