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Persons desiring to solicit within the City shall apply for Solicitor's Permits at the office of the Chief of Police. one application shall be made to authorize one or more persons to solicit within the City, provided that all such persons identified by the permit application are employed by the same person, firm, or corporation.
Persons desiring to operate temporary businesses shall apply for Temporary Business Permits at the office of the Director of Planning. one application shall be made to authorize one or more temporary businesses, provided that all such locations identified by the permit application are owned and operated by the same person, firm, or corporation. In the case of temporary businesses located in buildings or enclosed malls under the direction of a promoter or organizer of a show or special event, it shall be the responsibility of the promoter or organizer to apply for Temporary Business Permits.
The application for a Solicitor's Permit or Temporary Business Permit shall include the following information:
(a) The name(s) of the corporations, firm(s), or person(s) which the applicant proposes to represent; the name(s) of the person(s) who shall solicit or operate temporary businesses within the City and the name(s) of the person(s) having the management or supervision of the solicitors, or temporary businesses; the local and permanent addresses of the aforementioned person(s); and the telephone numbers at which such person(s) can be reached;
(b) The fingerprints and photographs of solicitors who shall go in or upon residential property, or ring a doorbell, or knock on a door of a private residence, including an apartment, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner, occupant, or lessee of such private residence or apartment; or who shall conduct his business by walking or driving a vehicle on streets of a residential district;
(c) A brief description of the nature of the business and the kinds of goods, services, or property to be solicited or offered for sale by temporary businesses; and the manner in which such business shall be conducted;
(d) Evidence of a current vendor's license issued by the State of Ohio;
(e) The federal identification number of the applicant's business and the social security number(s) of the person(s) having the management or supervision of the business and of all solicitors, or employees of temporary businesses identified on the permit application;
(f) The place where and duration of time the applicant was last engaged or is currently engaged in business;
(g) The place(s) in the City where it is proposed to carry on the applicant's business and the length of time during which it is proposed that said business shall be conducted;
(h) For temporary businesses, written permission of the owner of the site, and a site plan showing ingress and egress from the site, parking areas, merchandise set backs, and locations of signs (except that temporary businesses located within buildings or enclosed malls shall not be required to provide such information for the purpose of this code);
(i) Whether or not the solicitors, or employees of temporary businesses named in the application have been convicted of a crime, misdemeanor, or the violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense, and the punishment assessed therefor;
(j) Credentials from the person, firm, or corporation for which the applicant proposed to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as such representative;
(k) Such other reasonable information as to the identity or character of the persons named in the application or the method or plan of doing the applicant's business as the Responsible Officia1 may deem proper to fulfill the purpose of this chapter in the protection of the public good.
(1969 Code 110.04; Ord. 18-O-075. Passed 9-4-18.)
Application for Solicitor's and Temporary Business Permits shall be submitted with the following fees:
(a) The sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid for each Solicitor's Permit.
(b) The additional sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid for each person, other than the applicant, who shall solicit within the City under the authority of such Solicitor's Permit; or in the case of sales from a vehicle, the fee of twenty- five dollars ($25.00) for each such vehicle.
(c) The sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid for each permit for a temporary business.
(d) In the case of temporary businesses located under the direction of a "promoter" or organizer of a show or special event, within a building or an enclosed mall, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid for the first temporary business and ten dollars ($10.00) for each additional temporary business.
Such fees shall be returned in full to the applicant if the Responsible Officia1 refuses to issue the permit for which such fees were paid, except that twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be retained to cover the cost of processing and reviewing the permit application.
(1969 Code 110.05)
The following persons are exempted from the requirements of Sections 753.04 and 753.05: Charitable solicitors, temporary businesses operated by and for tax exempt organizations, and any other persons otherwise exempted by law. The following additional persons shall be exempted from the requirements of this chapter: persons selling newspapers; commercial travelers or selling agents calling upon commercial establishments in the usual course of business, and real estate licensees. (1969 Code 110.06)
Upon receipt of an application for a Solicitor's or Temporary Business Permit, the Responsible Officia1 shall cause such investigation of such person's or persons' business responsibility or moral character to be made as they deem necessary for the protection of the public good. If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character and business responsibility are found to be unsatisfactory, the application shall be denied.
In the case of temporary businesses not located within a building or enclosed mall, the Responsible Officia1 shall conduct an investigation relative to the proposed location of the temporary business. If as a result of such an investigation, the Responsible Official determines that the proposed location will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare by causing or creating traffic hazard, traffic congestion or for any other reason, the application shall be denied.
The Responsible Official shall keep a full record in his office of all permits issued and shall submit a copy of such record to the Chief of Police, and the Finance Director. Such permits shall contain the number of the permit, the date the same is issued, the nature of the business authorized to be carried on, the amount of the permit fee paid, the expiration date of said permit, the place where said business may be carried on under such permit, the name or names of the person or persons authorized to carry on the same. Within thirty (30) working days of receipt of an application, the Responsible Official shall either issue to the applicant the requested permit or issue a written notice of denial and the reasons therefor.
(1969 Code 110.07)
Solicitor's Permits issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire six (6) months after the date of issuance thereof unless a prior date is set therein.
Temporary Business Permits shall expire as determined by the Director of Planning and as shown on the permits but in no case later than six (6) weeks after issuance.
(1969 Code 110.08; Ord. 18-O-075. Passed 9-4-18.)
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