(A) Application for a certificate of registration shall be made in compliance with the chapter provisions relating to applications for licenses. The applicant shall truthfully state in full the information requested on the application:
(1) Name and address of present place of residence and length of residence at that address; also business address if other than residence address; also Social Security number;
(2) Address of place of residence during the past three years if other than present address;
(3) Age of applicant and marital status; and if married the name of spouse;
(4) Physical description of the applicant;
(5) Name and address of the person, firm or corporation or association by whom the applicant is employed by or who he or she represents; and the length of time of the employment or representation;
(6) Name and address of employer during the past three years if other than the present employer;
(7) Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage;
(8) Period of time for which the certificate is applied for;
(9) The date, or approximate date, of the latest previous application for certificate under this chapter, if any;
(10) Has a certificate of registration issued to the applicant under this chapter ever been revoked;
(11) Has the applicant ever been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the ordinances of any other state municipality regulating soliciting;
(12) Has the applicant ever been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the state or any other state or federal law of the United States; and
(13) Any additional information as the City Clerk may deem necessary to process the application.
(B) All statements made by the applicant upon the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath.
(C) The City Clerk shall require every applicant to submit to fingerprinting by the Police Department of this municipality in connection with the application for certificate.
(D) The City Clerk shall cause to be kept in his or her office an accurate record of every application received and acted upon together with all other information and data pertaining thereto and all certificates of registration issued under the provisions of this chapter, and of the denial of applications. Applications for certificates shall be numbered in consecutive order as filed and every certificate issued and any renewal thereof shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application upon which it was issued.
(E) No certificate of registration shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the state or any other state or federal law of the United States, within five years of the date of the application; nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; nor to any person whose certificate of registration issued hereunder has previously been revoked as herein provided.
(F) The fee charged for a certificate of registration as a solicitor under this chapter shall be $100/day.
(1986 Code, § 11.04.030) (Ord. 13-0827-58, passed 8-27-2013)