A. License is required:
1. It is required that any person who wishes to obtain a license as a Transient Merchant, Itinerant Vendor, or Commercial Solicitor shall file a license application with the Office of the City Clerk, which is designated as the Licensing Agency.
2. Application: A completed license application, along with the nonrefundable application fee, must be submitted to the City Clerk not less than ten business days prior to the requested date to commence sales hereunder.
B. Contents Of Application: This license application shall include, but not be limited to, the following: the applicant's name, address of the residence of the principal (if the applicant is a corporation, the residential addresses of the officers of the corporation), the location at which the applicant proposes to do business, the nature of the business the applicant intends to conduct, a copy of the applicant's certificate of registration under the retailers' occupation tax act, a complete inventory of the goods the applicant intends to offer for sale, sureties or bonds, certificates of insurance, employee list, and a list of all licenses to conduct business as a Transient Merchant obtained in the twelve (12) month period prior to the application.
1. If the applicant submits an incomplete application based on a preliminary review by the Office of the City Clerk, then the Office of City Clerk should deny and return the application. The applicant may resubmit the completed application, within thirty (30) days, for review and possible approval without submitting an additional application fee. Should the application be approved, the license shall be issued, so long as the livescan and license fees have been fully paid and the applicant meets all the requirements and passes the required background checks.
C. No permit or license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other state of federal law in the United States, within five (5) years of the date of application; nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, nor to any person whose permit or license issued hereunder has been previously revoked, as herein provided.
1. The City of Plano reserves the right to deny any vendor a license and/or to revoke an existing license as provided in Section 3-3-4-I of this Chapter.
2. In the interest of safety, no child under the age of fourteen (14) shall be allowed to solicit in the City of Plano unless said child is supervised by an adult who has registered pursuant to this chapter, or unless engaged in fund raising for an institution.
D. The Office of the City Clerk shall keep an accurate record of every application received and acted upon, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, and all applications approved and licenses issued or applications denied.
E. Fees:
1. Each license application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable license application fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and the applicable transient business license fees, all as set forth in the application for transient business license set forth in section 3-3-13 of this chapter.
2. The license fee is thirty dollars ($30.00) for each 30 days license per individual salesperson.
3. The license application fee is non-refundable and will not be refunded if the application is denied, for any reason including an incomplete application.
4. Any license fees that has been collected prior to approval of the application shall be refunded should the application be denied.
5. Livescan fees of forty dollars ($40.00) per salesperson, event application or vendor must be paid prior to the start of the background checks and are non-refundable once the background check process has begun.
F. Term:
1. An approved license is valid for a minimum of thirty (30) days and may be renewed in additional increments of thirty (30) days for a period of one year. The fee for each thirty (30) day Period is thirty dollars ($30.00) per salesman.
a. The license issued by the city must show the period or periods that the license covers.
2. The license application is valid for the period of one year from date of issuance and must be resubmitted and reapproved each year.
H. Exemptions (No Permit/License Required):
1. Prior Invitation: Any person who, for the purposes of selling or taking orders for sales of merchandise or services, has been previously invited by the occupant of a residence to call thereon.
2. Nonprofit Organizations: Any person engaged in peddling or soliciting which is not prohibited by law on behalf of the charitable, religious or nonprofit organization organized as a not for profit corporation under state or federal law. However, not for profit organizations shall register with the city.
3. First Amendment Activities: Any person exercising their first amendment rights, including the free exercise of religion, the freedom of speech or press, the right of assembly and not engaged in peddling, soliciting or itinerant merchandizing for commercial gain.
4. Students and Educational Institutes: Any person engaged in fundraising for an educational institute. It is recommended that the sponsoring organization register with the city for inclusion in the list of approved vendors on the city website.
I. Any Permit or License may be revoked by the City Clerk for the following reasons.
1. Violation of any provision of the City code of the City of Plano, including the provisions of this chapter;
2. Violation of any State Law;
3. Violations of any Federal Law;
4. Changes in the information provided on the registration application set forth in Section 3-3-13;
5. Ceases to possess the character qualifications required by Section 3-3-4;
6. Violation of any applicable rule or regulation, or otherwise engages in behavior which the City of Plano's Police Department determined to be threatening or posing a danger to the City and its residents. (Ord. 2017-3, 1-9-2017; amd. Ord. 2021-1, 3-8-2021)