(A) Upon receipt of each application, the Town Clerk shall immediately forward the application to the Police Department for investigation of the applicant as is deemed necessary for the protection of the public and as set forth in § 110.05 of this code.
(B) If, as a result of the investigation, the applicant’s character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory to go from house to house, the Town Clerk shall reject the application and shall state the reasons for the rejection. The Town Clerk shall notify the applicant that the application has been rejected.
(C) If, as a result of the investigation, the character and business responsibility of the applicant is found to be satisfactory, the Town Clerk shall approve the application and issue the license. The license shall contain the signature of the issuing authority and shall show the name, address and photograph of the licensee, the class of the license issued and the kind of goods to be sold or services to be rendered thereunder, the amount of fee paid, the date of issuance and the length of time the same shall be operative, as well as the license number and other identifying description of any vehicle used in the licensed business. A separate license shall be issued for each agent of the applicant authorized by the Town Clerk and shall contain the information described for the licensee.
(D) Each peddler or solicitor and each agent of the peddler or solicitor shall be issued an individual identification badge once the applicant is approved for a license. No identification badge shall be used at any time by any person other than the one to whom it is issued. Each identification badge shall state the name of the peddler or solicitor or the agent of the licensee, the person’s physical characteristics and address, the goods to be sold, a description of the vehicle used by the person, the issue and expiration date of the permitted activity and a photograph of the person as submitted pursuant to § 112.23(G) of this chapter. The Town Clerk shall keep a record of all identification badges issued.
(2001 Code, § 8-4-5)