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3. Notice. Prior to revoking or suspending any license issued under this chapter, the city shall provide a license holder with written notice of the alleged violations and inform the licensee of his or her right to a hearing on the alleged violation. Notice shall be delivered in person or by mail to the permanent residential address listed on the license application, of if no residential address is listed, to the business address provided on the license application. 4. Public Hearing. Upon receiving the notice provided in section 6.3, the licensee shall have the right to request a public hearing. If no request for a hearing is received by the city clerk within ten (10) days following the service of the notice, the city may proceed with the suspension or revocation. For the purpose of a mailed notice, service shall be considered complete as of the date the notice is placed in the mail. If a public hearing is requested within the stated timeframe, a hearing shall be scheduled within twenty (20) days from the date of the request for the public hearing. Within three (3) regular business days of the hearing, the City Council shall notify the licensee of its decision. 5. Emergency. If, in the discretion of the City Council, imminent harm to the health or safety of the public may occur because of the actions of a peddler or transient merchant licensed under this ordinance, the City Council may immediately suspend the person's license and provide notice of the right to hold a subsequent public hearing as prescribed in section 6.4. 6. Appeal. Any person whose license is suspended or revoked under this section shall have the right to appeal that decision in court. Section 7. License Transferability. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferred to any person other than the person to whom the license was issued. Section 8. Registration. 1. All solicitors shall be required to register with the city prior to engaging in those activities. Registration shall be made on the same form required for a license application, but no fee shall be required. Immediately upon completion of the registration form, the city clerk shall issue to the registrant a certificate of registration as proof of the registration. Certificates of registration shall be non-transferrable. 2. Individuals that will be engaging in canvassing or non-commercial door-to-door advocacy shall not be required to register. Section 9. Prohibited Activities. No peddler, solicitor, canvasser, transient merchant, non-commercial door-to-door advocate, or other person engaged in other similar activities shall conduct business in any of the following manner: 1. Calling attention to his or her activities or the items to be sold by means of blowing any horn or whistle, ringing any bell, crying out, or by any other noise, so as to be unreasonably audible within an enclosed structure. 2. Obstructing the free flow of traffic, either vehicular or pedestrian, on any street, sidewalk, alleyway, or other public right-of-way. 3. Conducting themselves or their business in a way as to create a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of any specific individual or the general public. 4. Conducting business before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m. 5. Failing to provide proof of license, or registration, and identification when requested. 6. Using the license or registration of another person. Peddlers, Solicitors, and Transient Merchants Ordinance No. 111