A. It shall be the duty and responsibility of any prospective solicitor to make application through the city administration office a minimum of fourteen business days prior to the intended time of solicitation. Said application must also be submitted a minimum of three business days prior to the city council meeting the prospective solicitor will attend. Upon approval of the application and payment of the appropriate fees, a permit will be issued for a period not to exceed three consecutive working days.
B. It shall be the duty of each applicant to pay a non-refundable application fee of sixty dollars upon initial application for each person who shall be soliciting or acting as a transient merchant, itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor provided. This fee is for paperwork (background check, permit, etc.). All applicants will each also be required to pay a five hundred dollar deposit per person which will be refunded fourteen business days after expiration of permit period and pending no incidents have occurred that require the police department's involvement. If so, said deposit will be forfeited and permit will be revoked.
C. It shall be the duty and responsibility of each applicant to attend a city council meeting a minimum of four business days prior to intended time of solicitation to request approval of solicitation from the city council. The applicant must request to be put on the agenda for said city council meeting by the end of the business day the Thursday prior to the city council meeting.
D. It shall be the duty and responsibility of every solicitor upon going onto any premises in the city upon which a residence, is located, to first examine the notice provided, if any is attached, and be governed by the statement. If the notices states "CHARITABLE SOLICITORS ONLY", then the solicitor shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises unless such person represents a charitable organization; and if the notice states "NO SOLICITORS", then the solicitor shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises. Any solicitor who has gained entry to any residence whether invited or not, shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises when requested to do so by the occupant. Failure to comply, said permit will be revoked immediately.
E. It shall be the duty of every solicitor to carry upon his/her person at all times, while engaged in the solicitation within the city, the solicitors permit issued in pursuant to this chapter. The permit shall be exhibited by the licensee upon the request of any police officer or any persons solicited. If correct permit is not displayed by any solicitor, said permit will be revoked immediately.
(Ord. 2019-5, 2019)