(A) An application for a certificate of registration to solicit as provided by § 5.40.030 shall be made to the License Officer upon a form provided by the city. Such application shall be under oath or affirmation of the truth fulness of the contents therein and shall be filed with the License Officer at least 30 days prior to the time at which the certificate of registration applied for shall become effective; provided, however, that the License Officer may, for good cause shown, allow the filing of an application less than 30 days prior to the effective date of the certificate of registration applied for. The application required in this chapter shall contain the following information or in lieu thereof, a detailed statement of the reasons why such information cannot be furnished:
(1) The name, address or headquarters of the person applying for the certificate of registration;
(2) If the applicant is not an individual, the names and addresses of the applicant's principal officers and managers and a copy of the resolution, if any, authorizing such solicitation, certified as a true and correct copy of the original by the officer having charge of the applicant's records. If the persons who are in direct charge of conducting the solicitations are other than the applicant or the applicant's principal officers and managers, a list of the names and addresses of such persons, as well as the names of all promoters connected with the proposed solicitation, shall be included on the application;
(3) The purpose for which solicitation is to be made, the total amount of funds proposed to be raised thereby, and the use or disposition to be made of any receipts therefrom;
(4) A statement setting forth the reasons for the public solicitation showing the need for the contribution to be solicited;
(5) An outline or statement of the method or methods to be used in conducting the solicitations;
(6) The time when such solicitations shall be made, giving the preferred dates for beginning and ending of such solicitations;
(7) The estimated cost of the solicitation;
(8) The amount of any wages, fees, commissions, expenses, or emoluments to be expended or paid to any person in connection with such solicitation and the names and addresses of all such persons;
(9) A financial statement for the last preceding fiscal year of any funds collected for charitable purposes by the applicant. The financial statement shall set forth the amount of money raised together with the cost of raising it and the final distribution of the funds collected;
(10) A statement of the nature or character or the extent of the charitable work being performed or to be performed by the applicant within the city;
(11) A statement that if the certificate of registration is granted, it will not be used or represented in any way as an endorsement by the city or by any department or officer thereof;
(12) A statement indicating whether or not the applicant or the organization to which the charitable funds solicited will be transmitted is a tax-exempt charity as provided in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code § 23701.
(B) If while any application is pending, or during the term of any certificate of registration granted thereon, there is any change in fact, policy or method that would alter the information given in the application, the applicant shall notify the License Officer in writing thereof within 48 hours after such change.
(`83 Code, § 5.40.040) (Ord. 80-13 § 1 (part), 1980; Ord. 82-46 § 4, 1982)