(A) Every person desiring to engage in soliciting from persons in residences within the city hereby is required to make written application for a Certificate of Registration.
(B) Application for a Certificate of Registration shall be made upon a form provided by the Police Chief and filed with the Chief. The applicant shall state truthfully and in full under oath the information requested on the application, to wit:
(1) The name and address of the applicant’s present place of business and length of residence at the address; the business address, if other than the residence address and the applicant’s social security number.
(2) The address of the applicant’s place of residence during the past three years, if other than the present address.
(3) A physical description of the applicant.
(4) The name and address of the person, firm, corporation or association by which the applicant is employed or represents and the length of time of that employment.
(5) The name and address of the applicant’s employer during the past three years, if other than the present employer.
(6) A description sufficient for identifica- tion of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage.
(7) The period of time for which the Certificate is applied.
(8) The date, or approximate date, of the applicant’s latest previous application for a Certificate under this subchapter, if any.
(9) Whether a Certificate issued to the applicant under this subchapter ever has been revoked.
(10) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter or a city ordinance regarding soliciting.
(11) Whether the applicant ever has been convicted of a felony under the laws of Illinois or any other state or federal law of the United States.
(12) Additional information as the Police Chief may deem necessary to process the application.
(C) The Police Chief shall require every applicant to submit to finger printing by the city’s Police Department in connection with the application for a Certificate.
(D) The Chief shall cause to be kept in his or her office an accurate record of every application received and acted upon together with all other information and data pertaining thereto and all Certificates of Registration issued under the provisions of this subchapter. Applications for Certificates shall be numbered in consecutive order as filed and every Certificate issued, and any renewal thereof, shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application upon which it was issued.
(E) No Certificate shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state or any other state or federal law of the United States within five years of the date of the application, nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, nor to any person whose Certificate issued hereunder has been revoked previously, as herein provided.
(Ord. 79-12, passed - -79) Penalty, see § 112.99