(A) Any person seeking to engage in door- to-door solicitation must obtain a permit from the Clerk-Treasurer and pay the permit fee as provided in this chapter before commencing any such solicitation.
(B) All permits shall be issued in the name of the applicant. Upon issuance of each permit, the Clerk-Treasurer shall create and maintain a list of all persons authorized to engage in door-to-door commercial solicitation under the permit. It shall be the sole responsibility of the permit holder to:
(1) Provide a copy of the permit to each person authorized to engage in solicitation under the permit;
(2) Ensure that each person authorized to solicit under the permit complies with the terms and conditions of the permit and with the provisions of this chapter; and
(3) Notify the Clerk-Treasurer in writing of any persons to be added to or deleted from the list of authorized solicitors.
(C) The Clerk-Treasurer shall, within ten business days of the town’s receipt, via mail or in person, of a complete application for a permit under this chapter, issue such permit, together with identification badges for all persons authorized to engage in door-to-door commercial solicitation under the permit, unless the Clerk-Treasurer determines that the permit is denied under criteria stated in this chapter.
(D) Subsequent to the issuance of any permit and upon receipt of this information and fee required by this chapter, the Clerk-Treasurer shall, within five business days, issue an identification badge to any new or additional person to be authorized to solicit under the permit as long as such person is not prohibited under this chapter. The Clerk-Treasurer shall also, within five business days, issue a replacement identification badge to any solicitor who, by affidavit, notifies the Clerk-Treasurer that his or her identification badge has been lost or stolen, and who pays an additional identification badge fee as established under this chapter.
(E) If an employer applies for and is granted a permit under this chapter, the employer shall be entitled to obtain identification badges from the Clerk-Treasurer for each employee or agent authorized to solicit under the permit. The identification badges shall contain a photograph of the solicitor, bear the words “Permitted Solicitor” and include the names of the employer and solicitor and the expiration date of the permit.
(2014 Code, § E2.6(4))