(A) The license application filed under the provisions of Chapter 110 of this code shall furnish the following information.
(1) The name and a description of the applicant.
(2) The permanent home address and full local address of the applicant.
(3) A brief description of the nature of the business and the goods to be sold.
(4) If employed, the name and address of the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship.
(5) The length of time for which the right to do business is desired.
(6) The place where the goods or property proposed to be sold, or orders taken for the sale thereof, are manufactured or produced, where the goods or products are located at the time the application is filed, and the proposed method of delivery.
(7) A photograph of the applicant, taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, which picture shall be two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner.
(8) The fingerprints of the applicant and the names of at least two reliable property owners of the County of Wayne, State of Michigan, who will certify as to the applicant's good character and business respectability; or in lieu of the names of references, any other available evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant as will enable an investigator to properly evaluate character and business responsibility.
(9) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense, and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor.
(10) A statement by a reputable physician of the city, dated not more than ten days prior to submission of the application, certifying the applicant to be free of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease.
(‘83 Code, § 112.27)
(B) (1) The fees for a solicitor's license shall be as specified in Chapter 110 of this Code. No fee for a solicitor's license shall be so applied as to occasion an undue burden upon interstate commerce. In any case where a license fee is believed by a licensee or applicant for a license to place an undue burden upon interstate commerce, he may apply to the Mayor for an adjustment of the fees so that it shall not be discriminatory, unreasonable, or unfair as to such commerce. The application may be made before, at, or within six months after payment of the prescribed license fee. The applicant shall, by affidavit and supporting testimony, show his method of business and gross volume or estimated gross volume of business, and any other information as the Mayor may deem necessary in order to determine the extent, if any, of undue burden on interstate commerce. The Mayor shall then conduct an investigation, comparing the applicant's business with other businesses of like nature, and shall make findings of fact from which he shall determine whether the fee fixed for the solicitor's license is unfair, unreasonable, or discriminatory as to applicant's business; and he shall fix as the license fee for the applicant an amount that is fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or if the fee has already been paid, he shall order a refund of the amount over and above the fee so fixed.
(2) In fixing the fee to be charged, the Mayor shall have the power to base the fee upon a percentage of gross sales, or any other method which will assure that the fee assessed shall be uniform with that assessed on businesses of like nature, so long as the amount assessed does not exceed the fee as prescribed by Chapter 110 of this code. Should the Mayor determine the gross sales measure of the fee to be the fair basis, he may require the applicant to submit, either at the time of termination of applicant's business in the city or at the end of each three-month period, a sworn statement of the gross sales, and to pay the amount of fee therefor; however, no additional fee during any one license year shall be required after the licensee shall have paid an amount equal to the annual license fee as prescribed in Chapter 110 of this Code.
(‘83 Code, § 112.28) Penalty, see § 10.99