A. Application for a certificate of registration shall be made upon a form provided by the Police Chief. The applicant shall include the application fee with the application as prescribed by section 3-3-12 of this chapter. The applicant shall truthfully state in full the information requested on the application, which shall include the following:
1. The applicant's name, permanent business address (which must include a street address and zip code), social security number, date of birth, sex, and a physical description of the applicant; and if the applicant is a corporation, the residence addresses of its officers;
2. Name and address of the person by whom the applicant is employed or represents, and the approximate length of time of such employment or representation;
3. The areas within the Village where the applicant intends to conduct door to door soliciting;
4. Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage and whether the applicant is required to be licensed as an "itinerant vendor" pursuant to the Transient Merchant Act of 1987, 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 465/1 et seq.;
5. Period of time for which the certificate is applied;
6. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other state or Federal laws of the United States;
7. Whether a license issued to the applicant under this chapter, or its predecessor, has ever been revoked;
8. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or its predecessor, or of the ordinance of any other Illinois municipality, or any Illinois statute, regulating soliciting; and
9. In the case of an application submitted by any charitable organization: a) a written statement date issued by the attorney general of Illinois that the charitable organization has complied with the provisions of "an act to regulate solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes", 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 460/0.01 et seq., or a written statement by the attorney general of exemption under 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 460/3; and b) a copy of the most recent annual report filed with the Illinois attorney general pursuant to 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 460/4. In the event a charitable organization has not yet been required to file an annual report, a copy of the registration statement filed with the attorney general of Illinois pursuant to 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 460/2 may be utilized.
All statements made by the applicant upon the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath. An applicant for a certificate of registration shall attach to the application two (2) color photographs of the person(s) in whose name(s) the certificate of registration is to be issued. All such photographs shall be a head and shoulders shot and shall measure one inch (1") wide by one and one-half inches (11/2") high. If an applicant is required to be licensed as an "itinerant vendor" pursuant to the transient merchant act of 1987, 225 Illinois Compiled Statutes 465/1 et seq., the application shall include a bond or a cash deposit in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of the wholesale value of the merchandise that the applicant intends to offer for sale; however the amount of the bond or deposit shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
B. The police 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 chapter, and of the denial of applications. (Ord. 03-8-24, 8-5-2003)