(A) The Manager shall issue the permit provided for in § 113.20 whenever he or she shall find the following facts to exist.
(1) All of the statements made in the application are true.
(2) The applicant has a good character and reputation for honesty and integrity or, if the applicant is not an individual person, that every member, managing officer or agent of the applicant has a good character or reputation for honesty and integrity.
(3) The control and supervision of the solicitation will be under responsible and reliable persons.
(4) The applicant has not engaged in any fraudulent transaction or enterprise.
(5) The solicitation will not be a fraud on the public.
(6) The solicitation is prompted solely by a desire to finance the charitable cause described in the application and will not be conducted primarily for private profit.
(7) The cost of raising the funds will be reasonable. Any cost in excess of 25% of the amount collected shall be considered to be unreasonable unless special facts are presented showing that peculiar reasons make a cost higher than 25% reasonable in the particular case.
(B) The Manager shall file in his or her office for public inspection, and shall serve upon the applicant, by registered mail, a written statement of his or her finding of facts and his or her decision upon each application.
(Prior Code, § 113.24) (Ord. 648, passed 10-3-1949)