(A) Applicants for registration must complete and return to the Village Clerk a registration form furnished by the Village Clerk which shall require the following information:
(1) Name, permanent address, and telephone number, and temporary address, if any;
(2) Age, height, weight, and color of hair and eyes;
(3) Name, address, and telephone number of the person, firm, association, or corporation that the direct seller represents or is employed by, or whose merchandise is being sold;
(4) Temporary address and telephone number from which business will be conducted, if any;
(5) Nature of business to be conducted and a brief description of the goods offered, and any services offered;
(6) Proposed method of delivery of goods, if applicable;
(7) Make, model, and license number of any vehicle to be used by applicant in the conduct of his or her business;
(8) Last cities, villages, towns, not to exceed three, where applicant conducted similar business;
(9) Place where applicant can be contacted for at least seven days after leaving this village; and
(10) Statement as to whether applicant has been convicted of any crime or ordinance violation related to applicant’s transient merchant business within the last five years; the nature of the offense and the place of conviction.
(B) Applicants shall present to the Village Clerk for examination:
(1) A driver’s license or some other proof of identity as may be reasonably required;
(2) A state certificate of examination and approval from the sealer of weights and measures where applicant’s business requires use of weighing and measuring devised approved by state authorities; and
(3) A state health officer’s certificate where applicant’s business involves the handling of food or clothing and is required to be certified under state law; such certificate to state that applicant is apparently free from any contagious or infectious disease, dated not more than 90 days prior to the date the application for license is made.
(C) (1) At the time the registration is returned, a fee of $30 shall be paid to the Village Clerk to cover the cost of processing such registration.
(2) The applicant shall sign a statement appointing the Village Clerk’s agent to accept service of process in any civil action brought against the applicant arising out of any sale or service performed by the applicant in connection with the direct sales activities of the applicant, in the event the applicant cannot, after reasonable effort, be served personally.
(3) Upon payment of such fee and the signing of such statement, the Village Clerk shall register the applicant as a direct seller and date the entry. Such registration shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of entry, subject to subsequent refusal as provide in § 111.05(B) of this chapter.
(1999 Code, § 111.04) (Ord. 122, passed 9-10-1984; Ord. passed 4-26-2021)