A "solicitor" is defined as a canvasser, peddler, salesman or any other person, either as principal or agent, whether a resident of the City or not, traveling from house to house, or to any other place in the City, soliciting, taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise or personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such individual has, carries, or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of the sale, or he or she is collecting advance payments on such sales or not; provided, that such definition shall include any person, who for himself or another, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, tent, vehicle, hotel room, apartment, shop or any other place within the City for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery. Before engaging in such business in the City, a solicitor shall obtain a license for himself and for each of his associates or assistants, if any, so engaged. Any person meeting this definition that solicits on behalf of any civic, charitable, and/or nonprofit group shall not be defined as a solicitor nor be required to obtain a license for the same. (Ord. 04-2024, 9-9-2024)
Applicants for a solicitor's license under this chapter must file at least one week prior to the desired start date of solicitation with the City Clerk with a sworn application, on a form to be furnished by the City Clerk, which shall include the following information:
A. Full name, permanent home address, no post office box and local address of the applicant. Driver's License (or State I.D. Card) and social security are required in addition to the previous information for the purposes of background checks.
B. Brief description of the nature of the business and the product to be sold.
C. If employed, the name and address of the employer, the name and address of any local or state office or manager, together with credentials establishing exact relationship or authority.
D. Length of time for which the right to do business is desired.
E. The place where the product proposed to be sold, or orders taken for the sale thereof, are manufactured or produced, where such goods or products are located at the time such application is filed and the proposed method of delivery.
F. Evidence that applicant has a photograph and fingerprints on file with the City police department.
G. Last three (3) cities or towns where the applicant carried on business immediately preceding the date of application, and the address, if any, from which such business was conducted in those cities or towns.
H. Statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor.
The Mayor is empowered to approve such application and to grant such license upon satisfying himself of the moral fitness of the applicant to receive such license. (Ord. 04-2024, 9-9-2024)
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