(a) Any person wanting a license shall obtain an application for same from the Mayor’s office, and shall submit the completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to such office, on a form supplied by the Mayor’s office, which shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the applicant;
(2) Name and address of the organization represented;
(3) Names, addresses and social security numbers of all individual peddlers or solicitors with two photo ID’s of each peddler or solicitor;
(4) A description of the proposed peddling or soliciting activities; and
(5) Dates, times and particular locations where the peddling or solicitation is to be performed.
Such application shall also be accompanied by a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Federal income tax exemption letter and State of Ohio letter of registration under Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716 in effect at the time of application hereunder, if the applicant and/or organization represented has been issued either or both of said letters.
(b) All license applications shall be referred to the Division of Police who shall, within five days after receipt of the completed application, issue licenses to the peddlers or solicitors unless it is deemed that:
(1) The applicant has provided false, misleading or deceptive information in his application; and/or
(2) The applicant or any peddler or solicitor named on the license application has been convicted of a felony violation or misdemeanor violation involving fraud or moral turpitude within the past five years.
(c) Each applicant shall pay a fee as follows: ten dollars ($10.00) for a two-week license; twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a six-month license; and fifty dollars ($50.00) for a one-year license. Said fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted. All licenses shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance. Applicants who are agents for charitable, religious or educational organizations that meet the definition thereof as contained in the Ohio R.C. 2915.01(H), (I) or (J), or have duly registered with the State of Ohio under the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716, shall be required to obtain a license, but shall be exempt from the payment of any fee as required hereunder.
(d) Once issued, a license may be used only in conformity with the laws of the Village and the State of Ohio; may not be assigned or transferred; must be carried by the licensee at all times; and may be revoked or suspended by the Division of Police for any of the following causes:
(1) The licensee or person preparing the application on behalf of the licensee provided false, misleading or deceptive information in the license application;
(2) The licensee is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude; or
(3) The licensee violates any provision of this chapter or peddles or solicits in an unlawful manner.
(e) Any applicant who has applied for a license in accordance with this chapter and to whom the Division of Police has, after an investigation, denied a license may appeal to the Village Administrator. Notice of such appeal shall be filed with the Director within 20 days after the denial by the Division of Police. The Director, on appeal, may grant or reject the application for a license.
(f) Any canvasser is encouraged to notify the Division of Police before obtaining or seeking to obtain or influencing the opinions of the residents of the Village. Any canvasser is urged to provide the Division of Police in writing with his or her name and address, the name and address of the organization represented and the dates, times and particular locations where canvassing is to be performed. No fee shall be charged for the notification of any canvasser.
(g) Upon issuance of the permit, the peddler and/or solicitor shall be issued a current copy of the Village’s peddler and solicitors’ “Do Not Knock Registry” as established by Section 834.08 below, together with a copy of Section 834.06 “Resident Prohibition by Notice.” Failure to be in actual possession of said registry while peddling or soliciting in the Village of Grafton shall constitute a violation of this section.
(Ord. 15-013. Passed 5-5-15.)