An application for a permit to solicit as provided in Section 723.03 shall be made to the City Clerk on forms provided. Such applications shall be sworn to and filed with the City Clerk at least fifteen days prior to the time at which the permit applied for shall become effective; provided, however, that the City Clerk for good cause shown, allow the filing of an application less than fifteen 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 such information cannot be furnished:
(a) The name, address or headquarters of the person or organization applying for the permit;
(b) If the application is not an individual, the names and addresses of the applicant’s principal officers and managers and a copy of the resolution, if any, authorizing such solicitation, certified to as a true and correct copy of the original by the officer having charge of the applicant’s records;
(c) The purpose for which such solicitation is to be made, the total amount of funds proposed to be raised thereby, and the use or disposition to be made of any receipts therefrom;
(d) A specific statement, supported by reasons and, if available, figures, showing the need for the contributions to be solicited;
(e) The names and addresses of the person or persons by whom the receipts of such solicitations shall be disbursed;
(f) The name and address of the person or persons who shall be in direct charge of conducting the solicitation and the names of all promoters connected or to be connected with the proposed solicitation;
(g) An outline of the method or methods to be used in conducting the solicitations;
(h) The time when such solicitations shall be made, giving the preferred dates for the beginning and end of such solicitation;
(i) The estimated cost of the solicitation;
(j) The amount of any wages, fees, commissions, expenses or emoluments to be expended or paid to any person in connection with such solicitations, and the names and addresses of all such persons;
(k) A financial statement for the last preceding fiscal year of any funds collected for charitable purposes by the applicant, such statement giving the amount of money so raised, together with the cost of raising it, and the final distribution thereof;
(l) A full statement of the character and extent of the charitable work being done by the applicant within the City;
(m) A statement to the effect that if a permit is granted, it shall not be used or represented in any way as an endorsement by the City or by any department or officer thereof;
(n) Such other information as may be reasonably required by the City Clerk to determine the kind and character of the proposed solicitation and whether such solicitation is in the interest of, and no inimical to, the public welfare.
If, while any application is pending, or during the term of any permit granted thereon, there is any change in fact, policy of method that would alter the information given in the application, the applicant shall notify the City Clerk in writing thereof within twenty-four hours after such change.
(Ord. 80-29. Passed 8-4-80; Ord. 2002-15. Passed 12-2-02.)