Applicants for license shall file a written sworn application signed by the applicant, if an individual, by all partners if a partnership, and by the president if a corporation, with the Police Department showing:
(A) The name or names of the person or persons having the management or supervision of applicant’s business during the time that it is proposed that it will be carried on in the city; the local address or addresses of such person or persons while engaged in the business; the permanent address or address of the person or persons; the capacity in which the person or persons will act (that is, whether as proprietor, agent or otherwise); the name and address of the person, firm or corporation for whose account the business will be carried on, if any; and if a corporation, under the laws of what state the corporation is incorporated;
(B) Proof of a state sales tax reporting number issued by the North Carolina Department of Revenue;
(C) The place or places in the city where the applicant proposes to conduct business.
(1) The categories under which locations should be classified are as follows:
(a) Single fixed site or multiple fixed sites on private property; or
(b) Door-to-door or public rights-of-way.
(2) Other information which should also be stated includes: the length of time during which it is proposed that the business shall be conducted; proof of permission from the owner or lessee of the property to be used allowing the applicant to conduct business at the proposed location(s); and, if applicable, a zoning compliance permit from the Planning and Development Services Department of the city stating that the proposed sales activity is a permitted use in the proposed location.
(D) The place or places, other than the permanent place of business of the applicant, where the applicant was conducting business within the last six months;
(E) A statement of the nature, character and quality of the goods, wares or merchandise to be sold or offered for sale by the applicant, the invoice value and quality of the goods, wares and merchandise, whether the same are proposed to be sold from stock in possession or from stock in possession and by sample; at auction, by direct sale or by direct sale and by taking orders for future delivery; where the goods or property proposed to be sold are manufactured or produced and where the goods or products are located at the time the application is filed;
(F) A brief statement of the nature and character of the advertising done or proposed to be done in order to attract customers, and copies of all the advertising whether by handbills, circular, newspaper advertising, or otherwise, shall be attached to the application;
(G) Whether or not the person or persons having the management or supervision of the applicant’s business have been convicted of a crime or the violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense and the punishment assessed thereof;
(H) Credentials from the person, firm or corporation for which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as such representative; and
(I) Such other reasonable information as to the identity or character of the person or persons having the management or supervision of applicant’s business or the method or plan of doing such business as the City Clerk may deem proper to fulfill the purpose of this chapter in the protection of the public goods.
(Ord. No. 1330, § 1, passed 11-10-1983; Ord. No. 94-86, §§ 6, 7, passed 6-9-1994; Ord. No. 06-75, § 6, passed 8-10-2006; Ord. 19-045, § 1, passed 9-12-2019)