(A) Upon receipt of a complete application, the Sheriff or designee (hereafter “Sheriff”) shall make or cause to be made such investigation as reasonably necessary to verify the information in the application and to assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and shall issue a permit unless the applicant:
(1) Has not submitted a completed application;
(2) Is not permitted by law to engage in such activity due to age;
(3) Has been convicted of, or has pleaded no contest to, a felony charge within the ten years preceding the submittal of the application;
(4) Has been, within the previous five years, convicted of, or pleaded no contest to, a misdemeanor charge involving theft, fraud, forgery, uttering or other crimes of like nature or any crime involving moral turpitude;
(5) Does not have valid driving privileges in the state in those cases where the applicant will be operating a vehicle in the course and scope of the peddling, soliciting, begging or panhandling; or
(6) Has not obtained any necessary licenses.
(B) The Sheriff shall approve or deny an application and issue a permit as soon as possible and, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances, as when a number of applications are submitted within a short period of time, should act within five business days of receipt of the completed application. Such issued permit shall be nontransferable.
(Ord. 2010-1, passed 2-15-2010)