The application shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall contain the following information:
1. Name, permanent and local address and local phone number;
2. Date of Birth and physical description;
3. Company name and address;
4. Description of merchandise;
5. Transient merchants shall include the address from which business will be conducted and supply written permission from the property owner, their designee or leasing agent.
6. Last three (3) places of business, including, in the case of transient merchants, the complete addresses from which business was conducted;
7. Applicant’s supervisor or manager and his/her local address;
8. Length of time to be covered by the license;
9. A list of all convictions for criminal misdemeanor offenses (excluding traffic offenses) during the ten (10) years prior to application and a list of all convictions for criminal felony offenses during the solicitor’s lifetime. The list shall include the type of offense, the City, County, and State where the offense occurred and the date of conviction of each offense;
10. A list of all pending criminal misdemeanor and felony charges, including the type of offense charged and the City, County, and State where the offense allegedly occurred;
11. Applicants and each person soliciting who reside in the State of Iowa shall provide, at their expense, an officially sealed, State of Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) personal background check to the City, which is dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the application. Applicants and solicitors who do not reside in the State of Iowa shall provide, at their expense, an equivalent personal background check from their state of residence.
12. Each Solicitor may be fingerprinted and a photograph may be taken of each solicitor by the Altoona Police Department at the solicitor’s expense along with copy of the solicitor’s Driver license or Identification Card.