(A) The Village Clerk, upon receipt of a properly completed application, but in no event later than five working days after receipt of the application, shall either issue a license or notify the applicant, in writing, that the application has been denied for the following reasons:
(1) The applicant has failed to comply with the requirements of this subchapter.
(2) The applicant has, within the previous year, been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, its predecessor, or the ordinance of any other municipality; of any state or federal statute regulating soliciting or peddling; or of a violation of any law where the offense for which the applicant was convicted took place in connection with the applicant's alleged soliciting.
(3) The applicant has within the past five years been convicted of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other federal laws of the United States.
(4) A license issued to the applicant under this chapter has been previously revoked.
(B) In the event the application is issued, each license shall be signed by the Village President and countersigned and sealed by the Village Clerk, and shall recite that no one shall solicit hereunder without wearing the official solicitor's badge as required herein.
(Ord. 84-0-050, passed 11-27-84; Am. Ord. 99-0-047, passed 7-20-99)