A. Applications for a commercial solicitation permit shall be made on forms provided by the police department. The applications shall be provided by the police department immediately upon request. The applicant shall verify under oath by signature or other similar affirmation that the statements made by the applicant in the application are true, complete and accurate. The application shall contain the following:
1. The applicant's full legal name, age, telephone number, current residence address, and the applicant's business address, if other than residence address;
2. The full legal name, telephone number, current residence address, and the business address, if other than residence address of the person, or organization, if any, sponsoring, promoting or conducting the proposed activities;
3. The applicant's social security number, the applicant's driver's license number or other official form of identification and the applicant's vehicle identification number, if any;
4. A current photograph of the applicant;
5. A brief physical description of the applicant, including height, weight, and hair and eye color;
6. In the case of a commercial solicitation permit, the name and address of the applicant's current employer or person or entity on whose behalf the applicant is conducting commercial solicitation;
7. A brief description of the subject matter of the applicant's solicitation and method of operation;
8. The dates for which the applicant seeks a commercial solicitation permit, and the specific dates upon which the applicant will solicit;
9. Names of the three (3) most recent communities where the applicant has solicited house to house;
10. Information regarding the use or revocation of prior commercial solicitation permits issued to the applicant by the village, if any, including the date, or approximate date, of the last previous application for a commercial solicitation permit from the village, if any;
11. Information regarding prior or current violations, if any, by the applicant of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the solicitation regulations of any other local, state, or federal government; and
12. Information regarding any prior conviction of the applicant of a felony under the laws of the state of Illinois, any other state, or the United States.
B. If, during the pendency of any application for, or during the term of any commercial solicitation permit there is any change in any material information given in the application for such permit, the applicant shall promptly notify the chief of police in writing of such change.
C. Within ten (10) business days of receipt of an application for a commercial solicitation permit, the chief of police shall grant the application and issue the permit provided that the applicable requirements contained in section 3-3-7 of this chapter are satisfied. If the requirements contained in section 3-3-7 of this chapter are not satisfied, the chief of police shall, within ten (10) business days of receipt of the application for a permit, deny the application and state the reasons in writing for such denial. If the chief of police fails, within ten (10) business days of receipt of the application for a permit, to act on the application, then, provided that the permit fee has been paid, the application shall be considered granted. The chief of police shall cause to be kept in the village records an accurate record of every commercial solicitation permit application received and acted upon together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, including commercial solicitation permits issued or denied under the provisions of this section.
D. The fee for each commercial solicitation permit application shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
E. A commercial solicitation permit shall expire one year from the date of its issuance.
F. A commercial solicitation permit may be renewed by the applicant by reaffirming that the information in the prior application remains true, complete and accurate, or by submitting in a new application, with any information that has changed from the prior application, and provided that the applicable requirements contained in section 3-3-7 of this chapter are satisfied. (Ord. 2012-967, 7-12-2012)