(a) The Village Clerk may suspend or revoke a peddler or solicitor license upon determining, based on the Clerk’s or Police Department’s investigation, that any of the following circumstances exist:
(1) The licensee failed to provide truthful information in the application, or that the licensee has engaged in a fraudulent transaction or enterprise;
(2) The licensee has been convicted of a violation of Federal, State or local laws, ordinances, or regulations reflecting adversely on the licensee’s ability to conduct the business for which the license has been issued in an honest and legal manner, including, but not limited to, burglary, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, unlawful business practices, any form of actual or threatened physical harm against another person, or any type of criminal sexual conduct;
(3) The licensee is listed in a sex offender registry or has any outstanding warrants for any misdemeanor or felony;
(4) If the licensee will be engaging in peddling or soliciting from a motor vehicle in the streets and roads of the Village, the licensee’s driver’s license has been suspended or revoked or the licensee has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony moving violation; or
(5) The licensee has engaged in conduct that is contrary to the peace, privacy, safety, health and welfare of the residents, businesses and persons in the Village.
(b) A licensee shall be given written notice of the cause and term of the suspension or revocation and of the right to have such suspension or revocation reversed, modified or affirmed following a hearing to be conducted by the Village Council at its next available regular Village Council meeting following receipt of a written request by the licensee. At the hearing, the licensee shall have the right to hear the evidence relied upon by the Clerk and the right to present evidence and witnesses on his or her behalf. At the hearing, or at an adjourned date, the Village Council shall determine whether to reverse, modify or affirm the suspension or revocation and shall put its decision and the reasons therefor in the form of a resolution, which the Village Clerk shall forward to the licensee.
(Ord. 2014-03. Passed 5-12-14.)