It is unlawful for any person to engage in, or carry on, the business of itinerant
vendor as referred to in Section 5.48.010, or of peddling fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, game, or other edible foods
of any kind, as peddling is referred to in Section 5.48.050, or of junk collector or junk dealer as referred to in Section 5.46.170, in the city, without first obtaining a certificate of accuracy, issued to such person
and signed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures of Alameda County, certifying that
the weights, measures, scales or other apparatus or appliances used, or to be used,
for weighing or measuring any commodity or article sold, or to be sold, by such person
in the city, and bought or sold by such person, to be accurate, and no license shall
be granted to any such person as provided in Chapter 5.02 unless such person, upon application for such license, exhibits to the Bureau of
Permits and Licenses, for inspection, a certificate of accuracy, issued and dated
not more than one hundred (100) days previous to the date of such application for
a license, and upon issuing such license, the Bureau of Permits and Licenses shall
write or stamp upon the face of the certificate of accuracy the license number and
the date such license is issued.
