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(a) Upon receipt of a license application, the original shall be referred to the Chief of Police, or his designee, who shall cause such investigation of the applicant.
(b) The Chief of Police or his designee, shall approve the license to be issued by the City Manager if:
(1) All of the statements made in the application are true.
(2) The applicant has provided a valid photographic identification card.
(3) The applicant has not been convicted of a “specified criminal act” for which: (1) less than two years have elapsed since the date of conviction, the date of completion of probation, or the date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a misdemeanor offense for the specified criminal acts; (2) less than five years have elapsed since the date of conviction, the date of completion of probation, parole or community control, or the date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a felony offense, for the specified criminal acts; (3) less than five years have elapsed since the date of conviction, that date of completion of probation, parole or community control, or the date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the convictions are of two or more misdemeanor offenses arising out of different incidents for specified criminal acts offenses occurring within any 24-month period. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on disqualification of the applicant. An applicant who has been convicted of the above described specified criminal acts may qualify for a solicitation license only when the time period required above has elapsed.
(4) All materials required to be provided with the application have been provided.
(c) If the Chief of Police or his designee denies the license application, he or she shall promptly notify the City Manager, who in turn shall promptly notify the applicant of the denial in writing and state the reason(s) for the denial.
(d) The City Manager, shall issue a permit upon receipt of a completed permit application. The City Manager shall approve or deny a license application within two business days from receipt of a completed application.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 1-21-14; Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-21-14.)
Licenses and permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall confer authority only upon the person to whom issued and no person except the holder of the license or permit whose name is endorsed thereon shall make use thereof. No transfer of such license shall be authorized or permitted.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 1-21-14; Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-21-14.)
No peddler, mobile food vendor, solicitor or canvasser nor any person in his or her behalf, shall shout, make any outcry, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound device, including any loudspeaking radio or sound amplifying system, upon any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public places or upon any private premises where sound of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public places, for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise which such licensee proposes to sell.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 1-21-14; Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-21-14.)
No peddler, mobile food vendor or solicitor has any exclusive right to the use of any of the public streets, or areas of the City. Unless expressly provided in the license issued by the City, no person shall make any sales upon the public streets, alleys, parks or other public places in the City and consummation of sales of such licensees must be off of the public ways and on private property. This prohibition to the use of the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public places applies to the processing and/or manufacturing of any product which is being transported on such public streets. Ice cream trucks are excluded from the prohibition of this section, provided that they are licensed, that they vend only when the ice cream truck or vehicle is lawfully stopped and only from the side of the truck away from moving traffic and as near as possible to the curb, and that no sales are made to persons standing in the roadway that is open for public travel.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 1-21-14; Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-21-14.)
Any licensee under this chapter may be required to exhibit his or her license at the request of any resident of the City. Mobile food vendors shall have the mobile food vending license with them at all times while conducting business in the City.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 1-21-14; Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-21-14.)
Any police officer of the City shall require any person seen peddling or soliciting, and who is not known by such officer to be duly licensed, to produce his or her license, and shall enforce the provisions of this chapter against any person found to be violating them.
(Ord. 14-01. Passed 1-21-14; Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-21-14.)
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