(a) Application for licenses for itinerant vendor, hawker, peddler, solicitor, or canvasser shall be filed with the Office of Consumer Affairs or designee on a form, to be furnished by the Office of Consumer Affairs, which shall require, at least, the following information:
(1) Name of applicant, physical description, date of birth, and telephone number;
(2) Home address of applicant; Social Security number of applicant;
(3) Name, address, telephone number, and Tax ID Number of the company by whom employed or for whom they are soliciting along with name of supervisor;
(4) Length of service with such employer or person for whom they are soliciting;
(5) All places of residence and all employment during the preceding year;
(6) The nature and character of the goods to be sold or services to be sold or services to be furnished by the applicant or the purpose for which funds are being solicited;
(7) Name of the other township/villages/cities/counties in which the applicant has recently conducted activities for which license is herein required;
(8) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony.
(9) Make, model, year, license plate number, and proof of insurance for any vehicle used to solicit.
(10) If selling perishable food products, proof that they have obtained a certificate from the appropriate health department for their operation.
(Ord. 2005-559. Adopted 11-21-05; Ord. 2013-093. Adopted 4-15-13; Ord. 2017-335. Adopted 9-11-17.)
(Ord. 2005-559. Adopted 11-21-05; Ord. 2013-093. Adopted 4-15-13; Ord. 2017-335. Adopted 9-11-17.)
(b) Applicant shall furnish a valid government ID with a photograph. Such application shall be made at least ten (10) days before the license is issued, and, in no event, shall the license be issued prior to the receipt and review by the Office of Consumer Affairs of the background check required under this section for any Applicant required to submit a background check by this section.
(c) In the event the Applicant is an itinerant vendor, hawker or peddler operating out of and selling, bartering or exchanging goods from a motor vehicle to consumers, such as an ice cream, treats, and snacks vendor, Applicant shall furnish to the Office of Consumer Affairs a BCI background check in the manner set forth herein. Prior to or upon application, Applicant shall report to the Summit County Sheriff for fingerprinting and submittal of a request for a BCI background check, and shall complete the same. The Summit County Sheriff shall indicate on all applicable forms that the results of the background check are to be submitted by the BCI to the Office of Consumer Affairs. Applicant shall be responsible for paying all costs associated with the background check in accordance with the procedures, and in the amount established by the Summit County Sheriff, including any fee passed through to BCI for processing the same. The Office of Consumer Affairs shall not issue any license under this Chapter unless and until it has received the results of the BCI background check and has confirmed that the same does not include any conviction set forth in subsection 755.03(d).
(d) No person required to submit a background check pursuant to this Section shall be issued a license under this Chapter if he or she has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, any of the following criminal offenses or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any state or the United States, substantially similar or equivalent to any of the following criminal offenses:
(1) Any offense involving a minor victim:
(2) Any sexually oriented offense, including, but not limited to, rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor or corruption of a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, importunity, voyeurism, public indecency, procuring, soliciting, prostitution, loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, disseminating material harmful to juveniles, deception to obtain material harmful to juveniles, possession of obscene material involving a minor, possession of sexually oriented material involving a minor, possession of nudity-oriented material involving a minor, and displaying matter harmful to juveniles;
(3) Corrupting another with drugs, unlawful sale, distribution or trafficking, or the intent to unlawfully sell, distribute or traffic any illegal drug, controlled substance or narcotic within seven (7) years of conviction or guilty pleas;
(4) Any assault within seven (7) years of conviction or guilty plea; and
(5) Unlawful possession of weapons within five (5) years of conviction or guilty plea; and
(6) Any homicide offense identified in Section 2903.01 et seq. of the Ohio Revised Code.
(e) No individual shall be allowed to solicit under the provisions of this chapter who has not yet reached the age of eighteen (18).
(f) No license shall be issued to individuals under the age of eighteen (18).
(Ord. 2011-205. Adopted 6-20-11.)