(A) The Town Police Department shall revoke all licenses and identification cards relating to a vendor upon a determination of one or more of the following:
(1) The vendor’s application contains false or misleading information;
(2) The vendor or any of the vendor’s employees or agents was, within 15 years prior to the date of vendor’s application, convicted of a felony or misdemeanor crime of dishonesty, fraud, theft, and/or moral turpitude;
(3) The vendor or any of the vendor’s employees or agents has violated this section or has been charged with or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor crime of dishonesty, fraud, theft, and/or moral turpitude after the issuance of but prior to the expiration date of the applicable license and/or identification card;
(4) Vendor or any of the vendor’s employees or agents has failed to properly display his or her identification card while engaged in door-to-door solicitation; and/or
(5) Two or more written and sworn complaints have been delivered to the Town Police Department regarding allegedly untruthful or illegal conduct concerning the vendor or vendor’s employees or agents during his or her door-to-door solicitation.
(B) The vendor, by personal service or by first class mail addressed to the vendor at the vendor’s address, as it appears in the application, shall be notified of any revocation of a license or identification card along with the reasons for the revocation.
(C) A vendor, within 20 days from the date of receipt of notice of revocation of a license or identification card, may, by written request delivered to the Town Council President, appeal the revocation to the Town Council (“Council”). If a timely appeal is not made, the revocation becomes final. If a timely appeal is made, the Council shall hear the appeal at a public hearing which shall begin no more than 20 days from the date of receipt of the appeal request by the Town Council President. The Council shall issue its written final decision no more than ten days after the conclusion of the hearing.
(D) No application, license, or identification card fees shall be returned or refunded upon the revocation of a license and/or identification card issued pursuant to this section, all such monies being deemed forfeited.
(Ord. 2015-5, passed 7-20-2015)