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705.01 PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this chapter shall be to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Conneaut by regulating solicitors, door-to-door salesmen, roadside stands, and other temporary businesses. (Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)
 
705.02 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)    "Solicitor" or "door-to-door salesman" shall mean any person who sells or offers for sale by any verbal means, any goods, wares, merchandise, or services by traveling about the City in any districts as defined by the Zoning Code.
   (b)    "Charitable Solicitor" shall mean any person who requests donations, contributions, gifts, endorsements, signatures, or other valuable considerations or distributes flyers, books, information, or other objects in behalf of a bona-fide tax-exempt organization by traveling about the City in any districts as defined by the Zoning Code. "Charitable or political solicitor" shall include persons promoting religious organizations or beliefs.
   (c)    "Itinerant Vendor" and "Temporary business" shall mean any place at which goods, wares, merchandise, or services are sold or offered for sale, other than from a permanent structure duly approved for such use; and further means roadside stands and locations established within buildings and enclosed malls, such as tables or booths, including those erected for special events and shows, at which goods, wares, merchandise, or services are sold or offered for sale or advertised.
   (d)    "Responsible official" shall mean the City Manager or his designee in reference to Solicitor's Permits.
(Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)
 
705.03 PERMIT REQUIRED.
   (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.)
 
705.04 FEES, DEPOSITS AND BONDS REQUIRED.
   Applications for Solicitor's and Itinerant Vendor Permits shall be submitted with the fees, deposits and bonds as established by Section 110.05(a).
(Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)
 
705.05 EXEMPTIONS.
   The following persons are exempted from the requirements of this chapter: Charitable solicitors or temporary businesses operated by and for tax exempt organizations. The following additional persons shall be exempted from the requirements of this chapter: persons selling newspapers, commercial travelers or selling agents calling upon commercial establishment in the usual course of business, and licensed real estate agents.
(Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)
 
705.06 INVESTIGATION AND ISSUANCE OR NOTICE OF DENIAL.
   Upon receipt of an application for a Solicitor’s Permit or an Itinerant Vendor Permit, the City Manager or his designee shall determine whether the applicant has an active criminal warrant, or is registered as a sex offender or is delinquent in City income tax or county real estate tax. In such circumstance, the City Manager shall deny the permit of such an applicant.
   (a)   In the case of Itinerant Vendor, the City Manager shall conduct an investigation relative to the proposed location of the business and may deny such permit if, as a result of such an investigation, the City Manager determines that the proposed location will adversely affect the public health, safety or welfare by causing or creating a traffic hazard, traffic congestion, unreasonable disruption in areas zoned residential or for other just cause.
   (b)   The City Manager shall keep a full record in his office of all permits issued and denied, and shall prepare reports from time to time to City Council showing the same.
   (c)   Within thirty (30) working days of receipt of an application, the Responsible Official shall either issue to the applicant the requested permit or issue a written notice of denial and the reasons therefore. Approved permits shall contain the number of the permit, the date that same is issued, the expiration date of said permit, the place where said business may be carried on under such permit, the name or names of the person or persons authorized to conduct said business.
      (Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)
 
705.07 EXPIRATION OF PERMIT.
   (a)    Solicitor's Permits issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire six (6) months after the date of issuance thereof unless a prior date is set therein.
   (b)    Itinerant Vendor Permits shall expire as determined by the City Manager's Office and as shown on the permit, but in no case later than six (6) months after issuance.
(Ord. 55-16. Passed 6-27-16.)
 
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