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)