(a) Each applicant for a certificate of registration shall, not less than five nor more than 15 days prior to the commencement of soliciting or peddling, furnish the City Auditor or his authorized representative with the following information on forms provided by the City.
(1) Name, age and physical description of applicant.
(2) Complete permanent and local address of applicant.
(3) Name and address of the person, firm, corporation or association for whom the soliciting or peddling is presently being made and any other person, firm, corporation or association for whom the applicant has solicited during the past three years.
(4) A general description of the nature of the business and the goods, services or wares to be sold, or otherwise sufficient to identify the subject matter of the soliciting or peddling in which the applicant will engage.
(5) The names of all other Municipalities in which the applicant has conducted soliciting or peddling activities during the past 12 months.
(6) Whether the applicant has complied with the requirements of Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716 pertaining to charitable solicitations if applicable.
(7) Whether the applicant has ever been denied a license or had a permit revoked, including the time and place of such denial or revocation.
(8) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony violation or a misdemeanor violation involving moral turpitude including the time and place of such conviction.
(9) The proposed dates and times of the solicitations or peddling and the routes to be following in conducting the same.
(10) The make, model, year, color and license plate number of automobiles used by the applicant during the period of solicitation or peddling within the City, and the number of the applicant’s driver’s license and state of issuance.
(11) Two photographs of the applicant of appropriate size (approximately two inches by two inches), one of which shall be attached at all times to the certificate and the other for the records of the Police Department.
(12) Submission to fingerprinting by the Police Department for local police files and for the purpose of determining the criminal record, if any, of the applicant.
(b) The registrant shall make a non-refundable application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the City of Fostoria, except that no fee shall be required for those persons excluded herein or a charitable, religious or educational organization as defined in Ohio R.C. 2915.01(H), (I), (J).
(Ord. 2009-77. Passed 10-20-09.)