(A) Application for a certificate of registration shall be made on a form provided by the Village Clerk of this village and filed with him or her. The applicant shall truthfully state in full the following information requested on the application:
(1) Name, age and address of present place of residence and length of residence at such address; business address if other than residence address; and Social Security number;
(2) Physical description of the applicant;
(3) Name and address of the person, firm, corporation or association with whom the applicant is employed or represents; and the length of time of such employment or representation;
(4) Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage in;
(5) Period of time for which the certificate is applied;
(6) The date, or approximate date, of the latest previous application for certificate under this subchapter, if any;
(7) Whether a certificate of registration issued to the applicant under this subchapter has ever been revoked;
(8) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, or the ordinance of any other Illinois municipality regulating soliciting; and
(9) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other state, or under the federal law of the United States.
(B) All statements made by the applicant on the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath.
(C) The Village Clerk shall cause to be kept in that office an accurate record of every application received and acted on, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, of all certificates of registration issued under the provisions of this subchapter, and of the denial of applications. Applications for certificates shall be numbered in consecutive order as filed, and every certificate issued, and any renewal thereof, shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application on which it was issued.
(D) No certificate of registration shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other state or under the federal law of the United States within five years of the date of the application.
(2000 Code, § 115.27) (Ord. 794, passed 4-17-1972; Ord. 1134, passed 3-15-1982)