§ 111.26 PREREQUISITES FOR PERMIT.
   The city shall, upon application, issue a permit authorizing charitable or religious solicitations when, after a reasonable investigation, he or she finds the following facts to exist:
   (A)   The applicant has a good character and reputation for honesty and integrity, or if the applicant is not an individual person, that every member, managing officer or agent of the applicant has a good character or reputation for honesty and integrity;
   (B)   The control and supervision of the solicitation will be under responsible and reliable persons;
   (C)   The applicant has not engaged in any fraudulent transaction or enterprise;
   (D)   The solicitation will not be a fraud on the public, but will be for a bona fide charitable or religious purpose; and
   (E)   The solicitation is prompted solely by a desire to finance the charitable cause described by the applicant.
(1994 Code, § 9-302)