(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or operate a temporary business within the City of Conneaut without first obtaining a Solicitor's or Itinerant Business Permit in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Persons desiring to solicit within the City shall apply for Solicitor's Permits at the office of the City Manager. One application shall be made by each person desiring to solicit within the City.
(c) Persons desiring to operate itinerant businesses shall apply for Itinerant Vendor Permits at the office of the City Manager. One application shall be made to authorize one or more itinerant vendors, provided that all such locations identified by the permit application are owned and operated by the same person, firm, or corporation. In the case of itinerant vendors located in buildings or enclosed malls under the direction of a promoter or organizer of a show or special event, it shall be the responsibility of the promoter or organizer to apply for Itinerant Vendor Permits.
(d) The application for a Solicitor' s Permit or an Itinerant Vendor Permit shall include the following information:
(1) The name(s) of the corporation(s), firm(s), or person(s) which the applicant proposes to represent; the name(s) of the person(s) who shall solicit or operate itinerant vending within the City and the name( s) of the person( s) having the management or supervision of the solicitors, or itinerant vendors; the local and permanent addresses for the aforementioned person(s); and the telephone numbers at which such person(s) can be reached;
(2) A brief description of the nature of the business and the kinds of goods, services, or property to be solicited or offered for sale by itinerant vendors and the manner in which such business shall be conducted;
(3) Evidence of a current vendor's license issued by the State of Ohio;
(4) The federal identification number of the applicant's business and the social security number(s) of the person(s) having the management or supervision of the business of all solicitors, or employees of itinerant businesses identified on the permit application;
(5) The place where and duration of time the applicant was last engaged or is currently engaged in business;
(6) The place(s) in the City where it is proposed to carry on the applicant's business and the length of time during which it is proposed that said business shall be conducted;
(7) For itinerant vendors, written permission of the owner of the site, and a site plan showing ingress and egress from the site, parking areas, merchandise set backs, and location of signs (except that businesses located within buildings or enclosed malls shall not be required to provide such information for the purpose of this code);
(8) Whether or not the solicitors, or employees of itinerant businesses named in the application have any active warrants or are a State of Ohio registered sex offender;
(9) Credential from the person, firm or corporation for which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as such representative;
(10) Such other reasonable information as to the identity or character of the person's name in the application or the method or plan of doing the applicant's business as the Responsible Official may deem proper to fulfill the purpose of this chapter in dire protection of the public good.
(Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)