A. It shall be unlawful for any person or business to engage in business as a solicitor calling at residences for the purpose of soliciting orders, sales, subscriptions, or business of any kind, without first having registered with the Kane County clerk's office with a copy to be delivered by the registrant to the Kane County sheriff's office. The registrant shall provide his or her complete name, address and date of birth along with a recent picture identification, his or her signature, the name of his or her employer, the nature of his or her product or services in which he or she is interested, the names of the manufacturers of such products or of the organization which he or she is representing and the proposed method of operation. No person shall make any false statement upon an application for a certificate of registration.
B. Each person shall, at all times while engaged in the business of soliciting in Kane County carry upon his or her person the registration certificate or a legible photocopy thereof issued pursuant to this chapter. This certificate shall be exhibited by the registrant whenever he or she is requested to do so by a sheriff's deputy or by any person being solicited.
C. Any registration pursuant to this chapter may be revoked by the sheriff of Kane County upon conviction of or plea of guilty to any violation by the registrant of this chapter, or any other similar ordinance, or any state or federal law for any offense involving dishonesty or moral turpitude.
D. It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a petty offense for any person to engage in soliciting prior to eleven o'clock (11:00) A.M. local time or after seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. of any weekday, Monday through Saturday, or at any time on a Sunday or on a state or national holiday.
E. Any person found guilty of violating any provisions of this chapter shall be fined an amount not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each such offense.
F. The Kane County sheriff and his duly sworn deputies are authorized and directed to enforce this chapter. (Ord. 99-174, 6-8-1999)