(A) Required. Every person engaging in the business of peddling, commercial soliciting or itinerant vending must obtain a license therefor from the city, as provided in this section.
(B) Applications. An application for the license shall be made upon a form provided by the City Collector. In addition to the information required in a business license application under Chapter 801, the applicant shall truthfully state the following:
(1) The name of the applicant, the address of his or her present place of residence and length of residence at the address, the business address of the applicant if other than his or her residence address and his or her Social Security number;
(2) The address of his or her place of residence during the past three years, if other than his or her present address;
(3) A physical description of the applicant;
(4) The name and address of the person by whom the applicant is employed or whom he or she represents, and the length of time of employment or representation;
(5) The name and address of the applicant’s employer during the past three years, if other than his or her present employer;
(6) A description, sufficient for identification, of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage;
(7) The period of time for which the license is sought;
(8) The date, or approximate date, of the latest previous application for a license under this chapter, if any;
(9) Whether a license issued to the applicant by the city or any other municipality has ever been revoked;
(10) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance of the city or any other state municipality regulating soliciting;
(11) Evidence that the applicant is authorized to solicit for the organization represented; and
(12) Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony within the preceding ten years, or convicted of a misdemeanor or ordinance violation within the preceding five years, and the nature of the offense.
(C) Issuance. The license application shall be investigated by the Police Department. If the investigation of the application discloses a conviction of a misdemeanor or a felony or the prior revocation of a license, or a conviction of a violation of any ordinance, regulating peddlers or solicitors, if the conviction of a felony has occurred within the last ten years and if the conviction of a misdemeanor, ordinance violation or revocation of a license has occurred within the last five years and if the conviction bears a reasonable relationship to the peddling and soliciting activities intended to be performed by the licensee, then the license shall not be issued. In all other cases, upon payment of the license fee set forth in § 801.13(AAA) and upon compliance with the provisions of these Codified Ordinances relating to business licenses, the license shall be issued within seven days of the application.
(D) Revocation. A license issued to a peddler or solicitor under this chapter may be revoked, after proper notice and hearing, because of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance of the city or state or federal law, or whenever the licensee ceases to possess the qualifications and character required in this chapter for the original application.
(Ord. passed 7-11-1983)