(a) Any person desiring to procure a Town permit shall apply to Council in writing, and shall state his name and address, his occupation, the purpose for which the permit is sought, the place or places where such solicitation is intended to be made, the period of time during which the solicitation is expected to continue, the arrangements to be made for disposition of the money or other things of value which may be procured by reason for such solicitation, and such detailed information concerning the beneficiaries of such solicitation as may be required by Council, including but not limited to the names and addresses of all officers and directors of a corporate beneficiary and the names, addresses and occupations of noncorporate beneficiaries; the proposed disposition or use to be made by the beneficiaries of all funds received by them; and such other information as Council may require in the interest of safeguarding the public from fraud.
(b) Council shall consider each application for a permit under this section on its merits, and shall grant a public hearing to the applicant if he requests such hearing; and Council shall, in the exercise of sound discretion, grant or deny any permit so applied for. In granting a permit, Council may include therein such conditions as it may deem proper for the convenience and protection of the public, and it shall be unlawful for any permit holder to violate or fail to comply with any condition of his permit. Council may also require, as a condition precedent to the granting of a permit, that the applicant therefor give bond payable to the Town, with corporate surety, in such amount as required by Council, and conditioned upon faithful adherence to all terms and conditions of any permit issued to him under this section; upon turning over to the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his solicitations, as such beneficiary or beneficiaries may be stated in the permit, of all funds solicited and received by him pursuant to his permit; and upon payment by him of any judgement or decree rendered against him for fraud or for misapplication or loss of funds so solicited and received by him. These conditions may be altered in any particular case to protect the public from any risk which appears to Council to be inherent in the case. Prior to granting a permit under this section, Council may refer the application for the permit to the Police Department and to the Town Attorney for an investigation and report, with findings and recommendations.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any bona fide church, religious, charitable or other nonprofit organization to obtain a Town permit to conduct a solicitation solely among its own membership.
(Ord. 85-1. Passed 2-7-85.)