(A) Required. Every peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor and canvasser shall, prior to engaging in such activity, register with the Police Department and furnish in writing the following information and subscribe his name thereto:
(1) His name and address;
(2) The name and address of the person by whom he is employed or with whom he is associated;
(3) The length of such employment or association;
(4) The place of residence and nature of employment of registrant during the preceding 12 months;
(5) The nature of the commodities, articles or services registrant is selling or offering for sale or the purpose for which such registrant proposes to canvass in the Village;
(6) An estimate of the length of time and a statement of the part of the Village in which registrant will pursue his activities;
(7) The names and addresses of 3 persons who have known registrant for at least 1 year and from whom registrant is willing that inquiry be made to verify the facts stated by registrant;
(8) A personal description of registrant, including fingerprints and other marks of physical identification.
(B) Verification of registration. The Police Department shall promptly make such verification of the facts stated by the registrant as the circumstances require and shall complete such verification in not more than 14 days after the filing of the registration statement.
(C) Waiting period after registration. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage as a peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor or canvasser within the Village until a period of 14 days has elapsed from the date on which he has registered and furnished the information required by this chapter, unless prior to the expiration of that 14-day period a representative of the Police Department advises the registrant that the facts stated by him in compliance with the registration requirement have been sufficiently verified.
(D) Falsification of information. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage as a peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor or canvasser within the Village if any of the information furnished by him as required by this chapter, which is material to his character and responsibility or to the activity he proposes to engage in, has been falsely stated.
(E) Diseased persons. No person afflicted with or a carrier of any epidemic or contagious disease shall act as peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor or canvasser within the Village.
(1997 Code, § 34.02) Penalty, see § 10.99