An application for a permit to solicit shall be made to the City Council upon forms provided by the city at the office of the City Clerk. The application shall be sworn to and filed with the City Clerk at least 15 days prior to the time the permit applied for shall become effective; provided that, the City Council may, for good cause shown, allow the filing of an application less than 15 days prior to the effective date of the permit applied for. The application herein required shall contain the following information, or in lieu thereof, a detailed statement of the reason or reasons why the information cannot be furnished:
(A) The name and address of the applicant;
(B) The exact purpose for which the proceeds of the solicitations, sale, bazaar, exhibition, promotion, amusement, show, lecture, entertainment or other enterprise, or any part thereof, are to be used, including the manner in which the amount of any compensation, intended to be paid to any person out of the proceeds, shall be paid;
(C) The total amount which is sought to be raised;
(D) The names and addresses of all persons on its board of trustees or its governing body, and also the names and addresses of all persons who will receive compensation in any way for the solicitations:
(E) The bank or place where all or any part of the funds raised by the activity will be placed on deposit or invested;
(F) Contemporaneously with the filing of the application, the applicant shall deposit with the City Clerk the sum of $10 as a bond or guaranty for the faithful performance of the provisions of this chapter, the sum to be returned to the applicant upon denial of the application, if it is denied, or, if the application is granted, then to be returned to the applicant upon the order of the City Council when it is satisfied that the applicant has met all requirements of this chapter;
(G) A specific statement supported by reasons for the proposed solicitation, and if available, by figures showing the need for the contribution to be solicited; and
(H) Other information in respect to the character, past activities and the proposed activity of the applicant and the parties directly interested in or engaged in the work as may be necessary or desirable to enable the City Council to make a full and complete investigation.
(1994 Code, § 5.12.040)
Editor's note:
This section is currently undergoing review and revision by the city