(A) An application for a peddler’s, solicitor’s, or canvasser’s license shall be made by each business entity, as well as each person causing, or intending to solicit, peddle, or canvass within the village to the village police department in conformity with the general requirements of this code and any other ordinances of the village relating to the application for license.
(B) The application herein required shall be fully completed and signed under oath and contain the following information:
(1) Business entity application. The application for the business entity which shall be completed under oath and signed by an officer or executive shall include:
(a) Full name, address, telephone number of the business entity;
(b) Number of years in existence;
(c) Names, addresses and titles of all officers of the entity;
(d) Whether the business entity is a charitable organization and, if so, whether it is recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Service and the state;
(e) Name, address and telephone numbers of persons representing the entity who will directly supervise the peddlers, canvassers, or solicitors in the village;
(f) A description of the merchandise, or goods to be peddled, or offered for sale, or order, or the purpose and nature of the materials to be canvassed;
(g) Whether a license to the business entity has ever been suspended, or revoked;
(h) A written representation by the business entity, that it has instructed persons conducting the peddling, soliciting, and canvassing on its behalf not to perform such activities at any residence or business which has a sign posted in the following or similar words, “No Solicitors,” “No Solicitors, Peddlers, or Canvassers;”
(i) Name, address, telephone, social security and driver’s license number and the date of birth of all persons who will be conducting the solicitation, canvassing or peddling on behalf of the business entity in the village;
(j) A written statement which is specifically designated to be relied upon by the village and its residents that within a month prior to submitting its application the business entity has personally and fully conducted an investigation on the background of each person the entity purposes to conduct the canvas, solicitation, or peddling on its behalf and that each person is a law abiding person of good moral character and has not been convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude within ten years from the date of this application; and
(k) Six consecutive days the business entity would like to solicit in the village:
1. 1st choice;
2. 2nd choice;
3. 3rd choice;
with no date less than seven days from the date the completed application is submitted.
(2) Application for individual.
(a) The application for the person who will peddle, solicit or canvass shall be completed and signed under oath by the applicant and shall include:
1. The name, address, date of birth, social security and driver’s license number of the applicant;
2. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant’s employer and the name and address of applicant’s supervisor;
3. The kind of merchandise, or goods to be peddled, or offered for sale, or order, or the purpose and nature of the matters to be canvassed;
4. The number and description, including make, model and license plate numbers of vehicles, if any, intended to be operated in the village by the person in the course of soliciting, canvassing or peddling;
5. The name of all cities, villages or towns where applicant has engaged in peddling, soliciting or canvassing within the state;
6. Whether the applicant, or his or her employer, principal or the entity which is represented by the applicant, has ever had a peddler’s, solicitor’s, or canvasser’s license revoked and/or been convicted of violating any statute or ordinance relating to the same;
7. Whether applicant has ever been convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude, including fraud, forgery, theft or deceptive practices, and if so, the case disposition, case number, offense charges, offense convicted of and date and place of such conviction, and
8. An acknowledgment there shall be no canvassing, peddling or soliciting at any business or residence which has signs posted in the following or similar words: “No Solicitors,” or “No Solicitors, Peddlers, or Canvassers.”
(b) The applicant, if not working in conjunction with a business entity, shall state the exact specific consecutive dates the applicant desires to peddle, solicit or canvass, not in excess of three consecutive days, and the license, if issued, shall be limited to only those dates specified.
(Ord. 1412, passed 4-19-93) Penalty, see § 115.99