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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.)
(a) The permits issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked at any time by the Responsible official, or their duly authorized representative, for any of the following causes:
(1) Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for permit;
(2) Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in connection with the selling of goods, wares, merchandise or services;
(3) Any violation of this chapter;
(4) Conviction of the applicant or other persons acting under the authority of the applicant's permit of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or
(5) Conducting the business permitted under this chapter in an unlawful manner or in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or to constitute a menace to the health, safety, or general welfare of the public.
(b) Within three (3) working days of the revocation of a permit, the Responsible Official shall send notice to the person whose permit has been revoked, setting forth specifically the grounds of the revocation. Such notice shall be mailed to the person to whom the permit was issued at the address shown on the permit application.
(c) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Responsible Officia1 in regard to the denial of a permit or the revocation of a permit shall have the right to appeal to the Board of Building and Zoning Appeals. Such appeal shall be submitted and heard according to the rules and procedures of the Board. Such appeal must be filed within ten (10) days of receipt of the written verification of such denial or revocation.
(1969 Code 110.09)
Every solicitor, except those exempted pursuant to Section 753.06, while engaged in soliciting within the City, shall have in his immediate possession the Solicitor's Permit and badge issued to him under the provisions of this chapter, and when so soliciting shall wear the badge in a prominent location on his outer clothing and display the permit upon demand of any duly authorized representative of the Responsible Official and upon demand of any person to whom he is soliciting.
A Temporary Business Permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be posted in a conspicuous manner at every place of temporary business.
(1969 Code 110.10)
No person shall engage in or operate any roadside stand or other temporary business at any place in the City during the period from 9:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m., unless otherwise specified on the permit. No person shall engage in soliciting at any place in the City during the period from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m., unless otherwise specified on the permit.
(Ord. 10-O-21. Passed 4-6-10.)
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