(A) Upon receipt, the City Clerk shall refer all applications or registration statements for peddlers and solicitors to the Police Department for review or investigation of the representations in applications or registration statements. In the case of itinerant merchants, the application shall be referred to the zoning official and building official for review.
(B) The City Clerk shall issue a license for an itinerant merchant upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter unless the applicant's business would pose a substantial threat to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, and upon compliance with all ordinances applicable to the premises, including but not limited to all zoning and building safety requirements.
(C) The City Clerk shall issue a license for mobile commerce vendor upon compliance with provisions of this chapter unless the applicant's business would pose a substantial threat to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, and upon compliance with all ordinances applicable to the premises, including but not limited to all zoning and building safety requirements.
(D) The City Clerk shall issue a license for a peddler upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter unless the applicant's business would pose a substantial threat to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, and upon receiving the report of the Police Department finding that no person selling for such peddler has been convicted of violating any law or ordinance based upon charges concerning the use of sales, subscription or soliciting methods involving disorderly conduct, assault or battery, trespass to land, undue pressure, misrepresentation and false or misleading statements, fraud, or felonies involving bodily harm or theft, or any ordinances or laws related to licensing or the payment of sales tax.
(E) The City Clerk shall issue a license for a solicitor upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter unless the applicant's business would pose a substantial threat to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare, and upon receiving the report of the Police Department finding that no person selling for such solicitor has been convicted of violating any law or ordinance based upon charges concerning the use of sales, subscription or soliciting methods involving disorderly conduct, assault or battery, trespass to land, undue pressure, misrepresentation and false or misleading statements, fraud, or felonies involving bodily harm or theft, or any ordinances or laws related to licensing or the payment of sales tax.
(F) Permits authorized to be issued pursuant to this chapter may be suspended, revoked or refused to be issued by the City Clerk upon a determination that an applicant or licensee does not comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 8068-2017, passed 7-17-2017)