(a) Any person desiring a license under this chapter shall obtain an application for the same from the Police Department and shall submit the completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to such office, on a form supplied by the Chief of Police which shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The name and address of the organization represented;
(3) The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of all individual peddlers or solicitors;
(4) A description of the proposed peddling or soliciting activities; and
(5) The dates, times and particular locations where the peddling or solicitation is to be performed.
Such application shall also be accompanied by a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Federal Income Tax Exemption Letter and the State of Ohio Letter of Registration under Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716 in effect at the time of application hereunder, if the applicant and/or organization represented has been issued either or both of said Letters.
(b) All license applications shall be referred to the Chief of Police who shall, within five days after receipt of the completed application, issue licenses to the solicitors or peddlers unless he or she finds that:
(1) The applicant has provided false, misleading or deceptive information in his or her application; and/or
(2) The applicant or any solicitor or peddler named on the license application has been convicted of a felony violation or misdemeanor violation involving fraud or moral turpitude within the past five years.
(c) Any license issued under this chapter shall be valid for not more than ninety days.
(d) Each applicant shall pay a fee as set forth in Chapter 214 of these Codified Ordinances at the time the application is submitted. Applicants who are agents for charitable, religious or educational organizations that meet the definitions thereof as contained in Ohio R.C. 2915.01(H), (I) and (J), or who have duly registered with the State of Ohio under the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716, shall be required to obtain a license, but shall be exempt from the payment of any fee as required hereunder.
(e) Once issued, a license may be used only in conformity with the laws of the City and the State, may not be assigned or transferred, must be carried by the licensee at all times and may be revoked or suspended by the Police Department for any of the following causes:
(1) The licensee or the person preparing the application on behalf of the licensee provided false, misleading or deceptive information in the license application.
(2) The licensee is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude.
(3) The licensee violates any provision of this chapter or peddles or solicits in an unlawful manner.
(f) In the event a license application is not approved or in the event any license issued pursuant to this chapter is revoked, written notice shall be given to the applicant or licensee by personal service or by certified mail. The applicant or licensee shall have ten days after the receipt of such notice to appeal such refusal or revocation. Such appeal shall be perfected by filing a notice of the appeal with the Board of Zoning Appeals, in a manner provided in the ten-day notice of the date and place of the hearing. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the power, after such hearing, to either affirm or overrule the decision of the Police Department.
(g) Any canvasser shall register with the Police Department before obtaining or seeking to obtain or influence the opinions of the residents of the City. Any canvasser shall provide the Police Chief, in writing, with his or her name and address, the name and address of the organization represented and the dates, times and particular locations where canvassing is to be performed. No fee shall be charged for the registration of any canvasser. Any registration hereunder shall be valid for no more than ninety days.
(Ord. 94-201. Passed 10-18-94.)