(A) Whoever desires to solicit for commercial purposes as defined in § 844.01 of this chapter shall have his or her credentials registered and shall file in duplicate with the Chief of Police, or the Chief of Police’s designee, a written application on a form to be provided by the Chief of Police correctly setting forth the following information:
(1) The full name of the applicant;
(2) His or her address;
(3) His or her birth date, demonstrating the person is at least 18 years of age, (or have the application consigned as set forth in division (E) below), height, weight and color of eyes and hair;
(4) Whether or not he or she uses a motor vehicle in his or her business and, if so, the make, model, year and current registration number thereof;
(5) The state of issue of his or her driver’s license and the number thereof;
(6) The name, address and phone of his or her employer, and a contract person therein;
(7) A brief description of the goods, wares, merchandise or services involved;
(8) Whether or not he or she has ever been convicted of any crime, other than a traffic offense and, if so, the nature thereof and the penalty therefor;
(9) Mobile telephone number; and
(10) A photo identification card.
(B) Concurrently with the filing of the application, the applicant shall pay a fee for a BCI and FBI background check in addition to $85 to compensate for the costs incident to the examination, registration and issuance of stamped copies of credentials.
(C) Within 30 days of compliance of the foregoing provisions of this section and absent a conviction for an offense listed in division (F) below, the Chief of Police shall forthwith stamp the original of the application as “Inspected and Registered” and deliver the same to the applicant for identification use as hereinafter provided. Such application shall also be stamped with the date of expiration of the registration which in each case shall be the close of the current calendar year, or six months whichever is later.
(D) Possession of such stamped application shall not entitle the applicant to enter upon any lot or land specified in § 844.05 of this chapter or between the hours of 9:00 p.m. (local time) and 9:00 a.m. (local time) on weekdays and Saturdays or at any time on a state or national holiday, not to any residence displaying the notice contained in § 844.05 of this chapter, nor to a residence on the “Do Not Solicit” list, nor shall such credentials be valid for the solicitation or sale of any goods or services not disclosed in the original application.
(E) Any person who has not reached 18 years of age shall be required to have a parent, guardian or employer co-sign on the application.
(F) Any person who through the solicitation permitting process is discovered to have been convicted of, or who has pleaded guilty to any criminal offense of the Ohio Revised Code, United States Code, or any other substantially similar state or local code provisions that constitutes any theft or fraud offense, any offense of burglary, any offenses of violence, any drug trafficking offense or any offenses of any sex crime law or statute, is prohibited from commercial solicitation within the city.
(G) Any person whose application for registration is rejected or denied shall be entitled to appeal that denial by filing a notice of appeal of that denial or rejection with the Council Clerk. Said notice appeal shall be filed within ten days of said denial. Said appeal shall be heard by Council. Council shall forthwith set a time and place for hearing such appeal and give the appellant due notice thereof by certified mail. Appeal from the decision of the Council shall be as provided in the Ohio Revised Code.
(Prior Code, § 844.04) (Ord. 140-2013, passed 9-9-2013; Ord. 113-2016, passed 10-24-2016; Ord. 153-2017, passed 11-27-2017; Ord. 85-2018, passed 7-25-2018)