(A) All applicants for licenses required by this subchapter shall file a written, sworn application with the City Clerk. The application shall be signed by the applicant if an individual, by a partner if a partnership or by a duly authorized signatory if a corporation. Applications shall be made on forms available in the office of the City Clerk. The application shall state:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The name of the individual having management authority or supervision of the applicant’s business during the time that it is proposed to be carried on in the city; the local address of the individual, if any; the permanent address of the individual; and the capacity in which the individual will act;
(3) The name and address of the person, if any, for whose purpose the business will be carried on and, if a corporation, the state and date of incorporation;
(4) The time period during which it is proposed to carry on the business;
(5) The nature, character and quality of goods or services to be offered for sale or delivered and if goods, their invoice value and whether they are to be sold by sample as well as from stock, where and by whom such goods are manufactured or grown and where such goods are at the time of application;
(6) The nature of the advertising proposed to be done for the business; and
(7) Whether or not the applicant or the person identified in divisions (A)(2) or (A)(3) of this section has been found guilty, within the previous five years, of any felony under the laws of the State of Illinois, any other state, or the United States, or has been convicted of a misdemeanor for a crime involving moral turpitude or truth and veracity, under the laws of the State of Illinois, any other state, or the United States, or of violating any provision of any previous city regulation regarding peddling, solicitation, or itinerant vending, of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any local, state, or federal regulation relative to peddling, solicitation, canvassing or itinerant vending, and the nature of any such conviction and penalty assessed. Felonies based solely on the applicant's participation in a political protest or for nonviolent crimes that did not involve fraud or dishonesty do not have to be disclosed.
(B) Applications for peddler or solicitor licenses shall state, in addition to statements required by division (A) of this section:
(1) A description of the applicant; and
(2) The make, model, license plate and vehicle identification number of any vehicle proposed to be used in the business.
(C) Applicants for licenses required by this subchapter shall attach to their application the following:
(1) Two letters of recommendation from any person residing or doing business in the county, certifying the applicant’s good moral character and business responsibility or, in lieu of such letters, other evidence which may be used by the City Clerk to satisfy his or her duties under § 118.118;
(2) Copies of all advertising proposed to be used in connection with the applicant’s business; and
(3) Credentials from the person, if any, for which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as a representative.
(D) (1) Applicants who propose to handle foodstuffs shall also attach to their application, in addition to attachments required by division (C) of this section, a statement from a licensed physician, dated not more than ten days prior to the date of application, certifying that the applicant is free of any contagious or communicable disease.
(2) Foodstuffs offered for sale under this subchapter shall be subject to the health regulations of the city, County of Cook and State of Illinois.
(E) A photograph of the applicant, which shall have been taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of filing of the application, shall be attached. The photograph shall measure three inches by five inches and show the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner.
(F) All solicitors requiring cash deposits or taking orders for cash on delivery (C.O.D.) purchases or who require a contract of agreement to finance the sale of any goods, services or merchandise for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future, shall furnish a bond in the amount of $100.
(G) A record of all permits issued shall be maintained by the City Clerk for a period of two years.
(2000 Code, § 5.30.030) (Am. Ord. 2009-09-0259O, passed 9-22-2009)