(A) (1) All applicants for permits required by this chapter shall file an application with the City Clerk. This application shall be signed by the applicant, if an individual; or by all partners, if a partnership; or by the president, if a corporation.
(2) The applicant may be requested to provide information concerning the following items:
(a) The name and address of the applicant;
(b) 1. The name of the individual having management authority or supervision of the applicant’s business during the time the door-to-door sales, peddling, or soliciting is proposed to be carried on in the city;
2. The local address of the individual;
3. The permanent address of the individual; and
4. The capacity in which the individual will act.
(c) The name and address of the person, if any, for whose purpose the business, door-to-door sales, peddling, or soliciting will be carried on, and if a corporation, the state of incorporation;
(d) The time period or periods during which it is proposed to carry on the applicant’s business of door-to-door sales, peddling, or soliciting;
(e) 1. The nature, character, and quality of the goods or services to be offered for sale, peddled, solicited, or delivered;
2. If goods, their invoice value, and whether they are to be sold by sample as well as from stock; and
3. If goods, where and by whom the goods are manufactured or grown, and where the goods are at the time of application;
(f) The nature of the advertising proposed to be done for and in furtherance of the business, door-to-door sales, peddling, or soliciting; and
(g) Whether or not the applicant, or the individual identified in division (A)(2)(b)1. above, or the person identified in division (A)(2)(c) above has been convicted of any crime or misdemeanor and, if so, the nature of each offense and the penalty assessed for each offense.
(B) Applicants for permits may be required to provide information concerning the following items, in addition to those requested under division (A) above:
(1) A description of the applicant; and
(2) A description of any vehicle proposed to be used in the business, door-to-door sales, peddling, or soliciting, including its registration number, if any.
(C) All applicants for permits required by this chapter shall attach to their applications the following:
(1) If required by the city, copies of all printed advertising proposed to be used in connection with the applicant’s business; and
(2) If required by the city, credentials from the person, if any, for which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as the representative.
(D) If the applicant is a corporation, there shall be stated on the application form the date of incorporation, the state of incorporation, and, if the applicant is a corporation formed in a state other than the commonwealth, the date on which such corporation is qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation in this state;
(E) A statement showing the kind of business proposed to be conducted, the length of time for which the applicant desires to transact such business, and the location of the proposed place of business;
(F) An inventory of the aggregate value of any goods, wares, or merchandise to be offered for sale during the permit period;
(G) A statement that the applicant has acquired all other required city, county, and state permits;
(H) The applicant’s sales and use tax permit number or temporary vendor’s registration number;
(I) The name and permanent address of the applicant’s registered agent or office;
(J) The absence of any of the above information, if required by the city, shall result in the denial of such permit by the City Clerk; and
(K) Applicants who propose to handle foodstuffs shall also attach to their application, in addition to any attachments required under division (C) above, a statement from a licensed physician, dated not more than ten days prior to the date of application, certifying the applicant to be free of contagious or communicable disease.
(Ord. 1-04, passed 2-12-2004; Ord. 7, Series 2015, passed 2-12-2015) Penalty, see § 110.99