7-5-2: LICENSING OF SOLICITING; REQUIRED; EXEMPTIONS:
   A.   Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of soliciting in the Village without first having a license as herein provided. Notwithstanding the fact that a group may have several solicitors in the Village at one time, a separate application shall be filled out and submitted to the Village for each individual solicitor and each individual solicitor shall be required to obtain a separate license. A license shall not be issued to any individual under the age of fourteen (14).
   B.   The following are exempt from the licensing provisions set out in 7-5-2:
      1.   A person seeking to obtain, from an occupant of any resident or business, an indication of the occupant’s belief in regard to any political or religious matter;
      2.   A person conducting a survey or poll, or seeking signatures of Village residents for a petition, such as a zoning or election petition;
      3.   A person engaging in solicitation at the invitation or request of the person the solicitor contacts;
      4.   A person carrying, conveying, delivering, or transporting goods, wares, foodstuff, merchandise, newspapers, or services on regularly established routes or to the premises of any person who had ordered such products or goods and is entitled to receive them;
      5.   Minors engaged in fundraising activities to support: (1) a federally chartered charitable organization (such as Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts of America); (2) an activity organized and operated by a public or private school or unit of local government; (3) an organization organized as a Not For Profit entity and registered with the State of Illinois as a Charitable Organization; or (4) a similar Not For Profit organization that has a chapter or club based in the Village of Orland Park, as approved by the Village Manager; and
      6.   A canvasser.
   C.   Any person claiming to be legally exempt from the regulations set forth in this Chapter or from the payment of a license fee shall cite to the Village Clerk the statute or other legal authority under which exemption is claimed and shall present the Village Clerk proof of qualification for such exemption.
(Amd. Ord. 5420, 7-15-19)