A. All hawkers, solicitors, merchandisers, salespersons, peddlers, vendors, interviewers and canvassers are hereby required to register with the police department of the city by submitting two (2) satisfactory photographs of the applicant, a fee in an amount to be set by resolution and a signed application, the supplied information on which shall be declared by the applicant under penalty of perjury to be true and correct, on an application form to be provided by the police department, which form shall elicit the names, aliases, social security number, date of birth and residence address of the applicant; the name of the organization, business, company, concern, establishment, enterprise, firm, institution or society, if any, for which the applicant proposes to act; a statement that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude within five (5) years prior to the time of making application, is presently not on parole for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude, and has not been convicted of any crime involving sexual matters within ten (10) years prior to the time of making application.
B. Any organization, business, company, concern, establishment, enterprise, firm, institution or society sponsoring or employing or utilizing the services of, any hawker, solicitor, merchandiser, salesperson, peddler, vendor, interviewer or canvasser shall, before any such persons act as such, pay to the police department a fee in an amount to be set by resolution and present to and keep updated with the police department a list of the names, aliases, residence addresses, social security numbers and dates of birth of such persons, together with the name of the entity itself and its business address and phone number, the name of its chief executive officer and his residence address and phone number and written disclosure of the information described by the provisions of Business and Professions Code section 17510.3(a).
C. All hawkers, solicitors, merchandisers, salespersons, peddlers, vendors, interviewers and canvassers, when operating as such, shall display on the front of their person an identification card issued to them by the police department and shall, in any case, exhibit said identification card on demand of any peace officer, which card shall be of the design and materials chosen and supplied by the person or entity proposing to be permitted and to which card shall be affixed by the police department one of the two (2) submitted photographs, which card shall further set forth the name of the person (and, if applicable, the name of any entity for which he operates), the date of issuance of the card and the expiration date of the registration, which shall be one year after issuance of the identification card, after which expiration registration may be renewed pursuant to the provisions of this section.
D. No hawker, solicitor, merchandiser, salesperson, peddler, vendor, interviewer or canvasser and no sponsoring or employing entity shall be permitted to operate as such within the city who has not complied with the requirements of subsections A, B and C of this section. (Ord. 750, 5-28-1991)