(A) Every peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor, itinerant dealer in secondhand clothes, canvasser and helper of a peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor, itinerant dealer in secondhand clothes, or canvasser shall, prior to engaging in such activity in the Village, secure an official Village identification card through the Police Department by the following procedure:
(1) Pay $5 for the cost of the identification card;
(2) Give the following information to the police desk officer who shall type it on a master identification card: the name and address of the firm represented by the applicant, the name of the individual issued the permit, the address of the individual issued the permit, and the article or types of articles handled by the applicant;
(3) Sign his name to the master identification card;
(4) Affix his right thumbprint to the master identification card;
(5) The master identification card shall be completed by the Police Department as follows:
(a) A number shall be placed on each master identification card, chronologically, beginning with the number 1,001;
(b) Fill in an expiration date, not more than 1 year later than the date of the application, after the prefix “expires;”
(c) Affix the initials of the Police Chief or his designated representative after the above information and thumbprint is filled in and made;
(6) Appear at the place indicated by the Police Department for a photograph and completion of the identification card.
(B) As a condition of receiving such identification card and to guarantee its return, such person shall deposit with the Village the sum of $15. Every peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor, itinerant dealer in secondhand clothes, canvasser or helper shall, on completing his activity as such in the Village, surrender his identification card to the Police Department within 90 days and upon doing so the Village shall refund to him his deposit of $15. In case any such identification card is lost, stolen or mutilated, it is the duty of such person to report such fact to the Police Department with his statement of the circumstances. The Police Department shall conduct such investigation as is necessary, and upon payment by the applicant of $10, a duplicate card shall be issued, marked "duplicate" in the manner described above. It shall be the duty of the Police Department, not more than 14 days after such person has furnished the information required of him in this chapter, and upon the deposit of $15 as provided in this section, to issue such person his identification card and keep a record of the number of each identification card issued and the name and address of the person to whom it has been issued, provided the applicant has no criminal or subversive record of arrest.
(C) It shall be the duty of any such person to wear in a conspicuous place on his outer garment the identification card issued to him by the Police Department as provided in this section. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage as a peddler, solicitor, itinerant vendor, itinerant dealer in secondhand clothes, canvasser or helper within the Village without so wearing and displaying his identification card.
(1997 Code, § 34.05) (Ord. 55-5, passed 7-20-1955; Am. Ord. C0-00-26, passed 12-4-2000)