(a) License or Registration Required. No peddler or solicitor shall peddle or solicit within the Village, unless he or she is the holder of a valid license issued pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Application; Fee; License; Registration.
(1) Any person seeking a license in conformity with this chapter shall obtain an application for same from the St. Bernard Police Department and shall submit the completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to such office, on a form supplied by the St. Bernard Police Department which shall contain the following information:
A. Full name of applicant;
B. Date of birth of applicant;
C. Local address, if any;
D. Permanent home address;
E. A physical description of the applicant, setting forth age, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and sex;
F. Social security number;
G. A description of the nature of the business and the goods, wares, merchandise, property and/or services to be sold;
H. Telephone number of the applicant;
I. Name and address of organization the peddler or solicitor represents;
J. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime and if so, where the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty imposed thereof if any;
K. Such other information as the Chief of Police or his designee may require in order to protect the public health, safety and/or general welfare.
(2) All license applications shall be referred to the Chief of Police or his designee who shall, within five (5) days after receipt of the completed application, issue a license unless he finds that:
A. The applicant has provided false, misleading or deceptive information in his application; and or
B. The applicant or any solicitor or peddler named on the license application has been convicted of a felony violation or misdemeanor violation involving weapons, theft, moral turpitude or violence within the past five (5) years.
All licenses issued under this chapter shall be valid for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days. A separate license shall be required for each individual solicitor or peddler even though there may be a single employer.
(3) Each applicant shall pay a nonrefundable license application fee of twenty five dollars ($25.00), which fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted.
(4) Once issued, a license may be used only in conformity with the laws of the Village 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 Chief of Police or his designee for any of the following causes:
A. The licensee or person preparing the application on behalf of the licensee provided false, misleading or deceptive information in the license application;
B. The licensee is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude; or
C. The licensee violates any provision of this chapter or peddles or solicits in an unlawful manner.
D. Upon written complaint being filed with the Police Department, that the licensee has made himself obnoxious to the public by the use of indecent, profane or insulting language or has made or perpetrated any misstatement, deception or fraud in connection with any solicitation or sale, and if said complaint is found to be true, the license of such solicitor or peddler shall be revoked.
(c) Exemption from License Fee. Individuals or corporations soliciting or peddling on behalf of educational, religious, civic or charitable organization shall be required to comply with the regulations set forth in Section 371.06(b).
(d) License Exceptions. No license shall be required of a peddler or solicitor for the following:
(1) Soliciting only for wholesale delivery to merchants, manufacturers or other businessmen at their offices, places of business or factories, the sale of equipment or articles used in the conduct of their professions, businesses or manufacturing establishments.
(2) Peddling or soliciting at the invitation or request of the person contacted.
(3) Soliciting or peddling on behalf of any locally recognized religious, educational, civic or charitable organization, without compensation to the solicitor or peddler.
(Ord. 43-2012. Passed 9-20-12.)
(Ord. 43-2012. Passed 9-20-12.)
(e) Restrictions; Hours; Conduct. Every person to whom a license to peddle or solicit is issued and every canvasser shall be governed by the following rules and regulations:
(1) No person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall peddle, solicit or canvass except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
(Ord. 17-2015. Passed 4-2-15.)
(2) No peddler, solicitor or canvasser shall enter or attempt to enter a residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the Village without an express invitation from an adult occupant of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling.
(f) Resident Prohibition by Notice. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no peddler, solicitor or canvasser, while peddling, soliciting or canvassing, shall call upon, knock at the door or ring the door bell of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the Village upon which there is posted at the entrance a notice which reads "No Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers Allowed," or words of similar import, which clearly prohibit peddlers, solicitors and canvassers on the premises, unless such peddler, solicitor or canvasser has previously been invited upon the premises by the owner, lessee or an adult occupant thereof.
(Ord. 43-2012. Passed 9-20-12.)