(a) Any person wanting a license shall obtain an application for same from the Office of the Director of Public Safety-Service, and shall submit the completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to such office, on a form supplied by the Director which shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the applicant;
(2) Name and address of the organization represented;
(3) Names, addresses and social security numbers of all individual peddlers or solicitors;
(4) A description of the proposed peddling or soliciting activities; and
(5) Dates, times and particular locations where the peddling or solicitation is to be performed.
Such application shall also be accompanied by a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Federal Income Tax Exemption Letter and State of Ohio Letter of Registration under Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716 in effect at the time of application hereunder, if the applicant and/or organization represented has been issued either or both of said Letters.
(b) All license applications shall be referred to the Director who shall, within five (5) days after receipt of the completed application, issue licenses to the solicitors or peddlers unless he finds that:
(1) The applicant has provided false, misleading or deceptive information in his application; and/or
(2) The applicant or any solicitor or peddler named on the license application has been convicted of a felony violation or misdemeanor violation involving fraud or moral turpitude within the past five years.
Any license issued under this chapter shall be valid for not more than ninety days.
(c) Each applicant shall pay a fee as set forth in Section 1321.06 of the Codified Ordinances, which fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted. Applicants who are agents for charitable, religious or educational organizations that meet the definition thereof as contained in the Ohio R.C. 2915.01(H), (I), or (J), or have duly registered with the State of Ohio under the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapter 1716, shall be required to obtain a license, but shall be exempt from the payment of any fee as required hereunder.
(d) Once issued, a license may be used only in conformity with the laws of the City and the State of Ohio; may not be assigned or transferred; must be carried by the licensee at all times; and may be revoked or suspended by the Director of Public Safety-Service for any of the following causes:
(1) The licensee or person preparing the application on behalf of the licensee provided false, misleading or deceptive information in the license application.
(2) The licensee is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude.
(3) The licensee violates any provision of this chapter or peddles or solicits in an unlawful manner.
(e) In the event a license application is not approved or in the event any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is revoked, written notice shall be given to the applicant or licensee by personal service or by certified mail. The applicant or licensee shall have ten (10) days after the receipt of such notice to appeal such refusal or revocation. Such appeal shall be perfected by filing a notice of the appeal with the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals under Article VI, Section 2. (b)(2) of the Charter of the City of Rocky River, Ohio; thereupon the applicant shall have not less than ten (10) days notice of the date and place of the hearing. The Board of Zoning and Building Appeals shall have the power, after such hearing, to either affirm or overrule the decision of the Director of Public Safety-Service.
(f) Any canvasser shall register with the Director of Public Safety-Service before obtaining or seeking to obtain or influencing the opinions of the residents of the City. Any canvasser shall provide the Director in writing with his or her name and address, the name and address of organization represented and the dates, times and particular locations where canvassing is to be performed. No fee shall be charged for the registration of any canvasser. Any registration hereunder shall be valid for not more than ninety days.
(Ord. 81-92. Passed 8-17-92.)