The following are grounds for denying a license under this chapter:
(A) The failure of the applicant to truthfully provide any of the information requested by the city as a part of the application, or the failure to sign the application, or the failure to pay the required fee at the time of application.
(B) The conviction of the applicant who has not shown sufficient evidence of rehabilitation pursuant to M.S. § 364.03 for any violation of any federal or state statute or regulation, or of any local ordinance, which adversely reflects on the person's ability to conduct the business for which the license is being sought in an honest and legal manner or that will not adversely affect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city. Such violations include but are not limited to burglary, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, unlawful business practices, and any form of actual or threatened physical harm against another person.
(C) The revocation within the past five years of any license issued to the applicant for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler/solicitor.
(D) The applicant or company that the applicant is representing is determined to have a bad business reputation. Evidence of a bad business reputation includes, but is not limited to, the existence of more than three complaints against the applicant with the Better Business Bureau, the Attorney General's Office, or other similar business or consumer rights office or agency, within the preceding 12 months.
(E) Prior violations of this chapter.
(F) Conducting business without the required license.
(G) A determination of previous fraudulent acts or conduct.
(H) A record of continual breaches of solicited contracts.
(I) Any prior revocations or suspensions of peddler or solicitor licenses in any other city within the past 5 years.
(Ord. 2018-1235, passed 8-27-18)