Before a license may be issued under this chapter, a written sworn application signed by the applicant shall be submitted to the City Clerk. The application shall contain at minimum the following information:
(A) The name of the applicant; if the applicant is a corporation, the name of the officers of the corporation; if the applicant is a partnership, the names of all partners.
(B) The name, title, address (including the street address) and telephone number and FAX number, if any, of the person having immediate supervisory or management responsibility over the applicant's business that is proposed to be carried on in the city.
(C) The names and ages of all persons who will be selling goods or foodstuffs under the license.
(D) The permanent business address, telephone number and FAX number of the applicant.
(E) The names, ages, permanent address, telephone number, Social Security number and criminal history for the past four years of each person selling goods or soliciting business on a door-to-door basis under the license. Each such person shall submit a criminal history check authorization form with the application.
(F) The local street address and telephone number of the applicant while the applicant is conducting business within the city.
(G) The name and addresses of persons having custody of the applicant's financial records.
(H) The names of municipalities or governmental units to which the applicant has applied for a license of similar character within the 12 months prior to the date of application.
(I) A copy of the applicant's certificate of registration under the State of Illinois Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, or such information as the state requires to sell goods in the state.
(J) The applicant's employer number, if any, for reporting to the Internal Revenue Service.
(K) If a motor vehicle is utilized for the sale of prepared food or foodstuffs, a copy of the health permit.
(L) A valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.
(M) Valid vehicle registration for the vehicle to be used for mobile commerce or foodstuff vending; and, if applicable, the vehicle being used to tow a mobile commerce vehicle or a foodstuff vending vehicle.
(N) A photograph of the mobile commerce vehicle or foodstuff vending vehicle.
(O) In the case of an itinerant merchant, written evidence of the right to occupy a specific location at which the sales activity is proposed.
(P) In the case of peddlers and commercial solicitors, the boundaries of the area where peddling or soliciting will be conducted.
(Q) The dates upon which the business is proposed to be conducted in the city.
(R) A listing of all other state or city permits already applied for or issued.
(S) Appropriate surety, other bond, or insurance certificate.
(Ord. 8068-2017, passed 7-17-2017)