Any person who desires to operate as a street vendor shall make and file with the City Clerk a written application stating the applicant's name, the name and address of the principal or owner of the business if the applicant is acting as agent, residence, federal identification number, place where he or she intends to do business, kind of business, kind and description of the articles to be sold or offered for sale, the type of vehicle equipment to be used, the number of vehicles to be licensed, proof of insurance for all vehicles, citizenship status of the applicant, whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of violating a law of any state or of the United States or of any ordinance of this City or any other City or political subdivision of any state in the country. If so convicted, the application shall include details pertaining to such violation. The individual, primary officer, managing member, managing partner or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant must submit to an individual criminal and Michigan Secretary of State background check pursuant to Section 872.11. A copy of the applicant's Michigan sales tax license shall be attached to the application, except for an applicant selling only food for human consumption as defined in section 4g of Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of 1933, being section 205.54g of the Michigan Compiled Laws. If the applicant is acting as agent for another person, the applicant shall cause to be filed with the City Clerk a power of attorney appointing the City Clerk the agent of the principal on whom service of process may be made in any suit commenced against the principal. The applicant shall at the same time deposit five hundred dollars ($500.00) with the City Clerk, or file a surety company bond for that amount. The applicant shall also pay the City Clerk a one hundred dollar ($100.00) non-refundable application fee. The City Clerk shall issue to the applicant the license if satisfied that the business to be conducted by the person is not intended to cheat or defraud the public, there is written approval for issuance of the license by the Chief of Police and upon payment of a fifty dollars ($50.00) license fee. A license issued under this section shall expire on the December thirty-first after its issuance. Not more than ten days after issuing a license, the City Clerk shall send a copy of the license and the completed application to the State Treasurer. The license shall be displayed at the request of any police officer, member of the public, regular/established customers, or the City Clerk.
(Ord. 748. Passed 10-20-03; Ord. 796. Passed 3-26-07.)