(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business or activity of soliciting for profit, soliciting not for profit or peddling for profit, or being an itinerant vendor or transient dealer for profit within the City without first applying for and receiving a solicitor's certificate as provided in this chapter. Such certificate shall be carried by the solicitor at all times. Solicitations not for profit by City residents or local organizations located in the City shall not require a solicitor's certificate.
(b) Persons engaged in soliciting for profit or peddling for profit, including itinerant vendors or transient dealers for profit, shall apply for a certificate of registration upon a form provided by the City. The applicant shall truthfully state in full the following information requested on the application:
(1) The name and address of the present place of residence and length of residence at such address; also the business address if other than the present address;
(2) The address and place of residence during the past three years if other than the present address;
(3) Age of the applicant;
(4) Physical description of the applicant;
(5) The name and address of the person, firm, corporation or association by whom the applicant is employed or represents and the length of time of such employment or representation;
(6) The name and address of the employer during the past three years if other than the present employer;
(7) A description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage;
(8) Period of time for which the certificate is applied;
(11) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation of a felony under the laws of this State or any other state, or under federal law of the United States;
(12) The names of the three most recent communities where the applicant has solicited house-to-house;
(13) Proposed method of operation;
(14) Signature of the applicant; and
(15) Social security number of the applicant.
(c) All statements made by the applicant on the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath.
(d) The applicant shall submit to fingerprinting and photographing by the Police Division in connection with the application for the certificate.
(e) The issuing authority shall cause to be kept an accurate record of every application received and acted on, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, and all certificates of registration issued under the provisions of Sections 729.01 to 729.10, and of the denial of applications. Applications for certificates shall be numbered in consecutive order as filed, and every certificate issued, and any renewal thereof, shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application on which it was issued.
(f) No certificate of registration shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or any other state, or under federal law of the United States, within five years of the date of the application, nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of Sections 729.01 to 729.10, nor to any person whose certificate of registration issued hereunder has previously been revoked.
(g) Applications for solicitor's certificates shall be filed with the office of the Police Division and all certificates shall be issued therefrom.
(h) Persons engaged in soliciting not for profit who are not residents of the City or whose organization is not located within the City shall complete an application for a nonprofit solicitor's certificate upon a form provided by the City. The applicant shall truthfully state in full the following information requested on the application;
(1) The applicant's name and address;
(2) The name, address and purpose of the nonprofit cause or organization;
(3) The name and address of the applicant's supervisor or group leader, if any;
(4) The period of time for which the certificate is applied;
(5) The proposed method of operation; and
(6) The signature of the applicant.
(i) Any certificate of registration issued hereunder shall be revoked by the Chief of Police if the holder of the certificate is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of Sections 729.01 to 729.10, or has made a false material statement in the application, or otherwise becomes disqualified for the issuance of a certificate of registration under the terms of Sections 729.01 to 729.10. Immediately on such revocation, written notice shall be given by the Chief of Police to the holder of the certificate in person or by certified United States mail addressed to his residence address as set forth in this application. Immediately on the giving of such notice the certificate of registration shall become null and void.
(j) The certificate of registration shall state the expiration date thereof.
(k) The Chief of Police should be notified of solicitations not for profit by residents of the City or whose organization is located within the City.
(1987 Code 116.02)