(A) Application for a certificate of registration shall be made upon a form provided by the municipality. The applicant shall truthfully state in full the information requested on the application:
1. Name and address of present place of residence, length of residence at the address, business address if other than present address, and address of the place of residence during the past three (3) years, if other than the present residence;
2. Age of applicant;
3. Physical description of the applicant;
4. Name and address of the person, firm, corporation, or association by whom the applicant is employed or represents, and the length of time of the employment or representation;
5. Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage, and the location or areas in which the solicitation will take place;
6. Period of time for which the certificate is applied;
7. The date or approximate date of the latest previous application for certificate under this chapter, if any;
8. Has a certificate of registration issued to the applicant under this chapter ever been revoked;
9. Has the applicant ever been convicted of a violation of a felony under the laws of the state or any other state or federal law of the United States;
10. Sales tax identification number;
11. Tax exemption number (if any); and
12. Number and kind of vehicles to be used.
(B) Each applicant must submit with the application required certificates and approvals from all County, State and Federal regulatory agencies for the products the applicant is seeking to sell or obtain orders for.
(C) All statements made by the applicant upon the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath.
(D) The City Clerk shall cause to be kept in its office an accurate record of every application received and acted upon, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, all certificates of registration issued under the provisions of this chapter, and all denials of applications. Applications for certificates shall be numbered in consecutive order, as filed, and every certificate issued and any renewal thereof shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application upon which it was issued. The Chief of Police shall require every applicant to submit photo identification in connection with the application for a certificate to perform a background check.
(E) No certificate of registration shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the State or any other State or Federal law of the United States within five (5) years of the date of application, nor to any person who is a registered sex offender in this or any other State, nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, nor to any person whose certificate of registration issued hereunder has previously been revoked as herein provided.
(F) Application for a certificate under this chapter shall be made in writing to the City Clerk at least three (3) business days prior to the time that the applicant desires to commence such business.
(G) The application under this section shall be accompanied by a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to the City, such bond to be executed by good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the City Clerk, and to be conditioned that all goods, wares and merchandise will be as represented, and that the purchase price will be refunded on any article sold which is not as represented and that final delivery of goods ordered will be made in accordance with the terms of such order, and, failing therein, the advance payment on such order will be refunded. Any person aggrieved by the action of any such peddler or itinerant merchant shall have the right of action on the bond for the money paid or damages, or both. (Ord. 07/2015, 9-8-2015, eff. 1-1-2016)