(A) Any vendor who desires to engage in door-to-door solicitation in the town shall first obtain from the Town Police Department a non-transferable door-to-door solicitation license (“license”) and pay all applicable fees.
(B) Vendors may request a license by obtaining from, completing, and submitting to the Town Police Department a door-to-door vendor application (“application”), in the form approved and adopted by the Town Council, from time to time. As part of the application and application process, an applicant for a license will be required to provide:
(1) General information about the applicant, applicant’s business, and the nature of applicant’s proposed door-to-door solicitation;
(2) The name of every employee and representative of the applicant who may participate in door-to-door solicitation in the town; and
(3) A limited criminal history of the applicant and of each employee and representative of the applicant who may participate in door-to-door solicitation in the town.
(C) Upon approval of an application by the Town Police Department and payment of all requisite fees, a license and non-transferable identification card will be issued to the applicant and non-transferable identification cards will be issued to each employee and representative of the applicant who may participate in door-to-door solicitation in the town.
(D) An application for a license will be denied if not complete when submitted or if all requisite information to be included as a part of or along with the application is not submitted. An application will be denied unless the information provided confirms that vendor and every employee and agent of vendor listed on vendor’s application have no felony or misdemeanor conviction, within 15 years of vendor’s application date, for a crime of dishonesty, fraud, theft, and/or moral turpitude. The decision as to whether an application is approved or denied shall be made by the Town Police Department within seven days from the date the application is submitted.
(E) A vendor, and each of vendor’s employees and agents, to whom a proper license and identification cards have been issued, shall openly display upon his or her person the identification card, at all times, while engaged in door-to-door solicitation in the town.
(F) As a condition of the issuance of a license, an applicant shall, at the time the application is submitted, pay to the town a non-refundable license fee in the amount of $25, for a ten-day license, or $75 for a 90-day license, plus $3 for each identification card requested.
(Ord. 2015-5, passed 7-20-2015) Penalty, see § 111.99