(A) If the application meets all of the following standards, it shall be approved and a permit shall be issued, if not the application shall be denied.
(1) The application is complete and does not contain false information.
(2) The persons proposing to engage in the peddling, soliciting or transient vending may lawfully do so.
(3) The location and time of the proposed peddling, soliciting or transient vending would not endanger the safety and welfare of the peddlers, solicitors or transient vendors or their customers.
(4) The applicant for a peddler, solicitor, or transient vendor permit shall not have been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or ordinance violation involving a sex offense, a controlled substance trafficking or sales offense or any violent acts against persons or property, such conviction being entered within the ten years preceding the date of application; nor shall they have been released from incarceration for such offense within one year preceding the date of application.
(5) The applicant for a peddler, solicitor, or transient vendor permit shall not be a person against whom a judgment based upon, or a criminal conviction for, fraud, forging, theft, uttering, deceit or misrepresentation or other actions or crimes of like nature involving moral turpitude has been entered within the ten years preceding the date of application; nor shall they have been released from incarceration for such offense within one year preceding the date of application.
(6) The applicant for a peddler, solicitor, or transient vendor permit shall not have been convicted of a felony violation involving murder, rape, manslaughter, or robbery.
(7) The applicant for a peddler, solicitor, or transient vendor permit shall not be a person registered as a sex offender with the State of North Carolina, any other state or a federal agency.
(8) There is proof as to the authority of the applicant to serve as an agent to the principal.
(9) The applicant for a peddler, solicitor, or transient vendor permit shall not have been denied a permit under this chapter within the immediate past year, unless the applicant can and does show to the satisfaction of the Police Chief that the reasons for such earlier denial no longer exist.
(B) In the case of denial, the Police Chief’s denial and the reasons for denial shall be noted on the application, and the applicant shall be notified that his or her application is denied and that no permit will be issued. Notice shall be mailed to the applicant at the address shown on the application form, or at the applicant’s last known address.
(Ord. 2015-02-04, passed 2-2-15)