It shall be unlawful for any person to go from house to house or from place to place
in the city soliciting, selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders
for any food, beverage, goods, wares, merchandise or services, or to solicit, seek
or request donations for any cause or purpose, or on or from any public street or
sidewalk, whether on foot or on any type conveyance, and whether from the person or
from a stand or conveyance of any kind, without having first applied for and obtained
a license to do so from the city secretary, or without carrying such license while
engaged in any such activity.