(a) Any person desiring a license shall obtain an application for same from the Village Hall, and shall submit the completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to such office, on a form supplied by the Village Hall which shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the applicant;
(2) Name and address of the organization represented;
(3) Names, addresses and Social Security numbers or driver's license number or State ID number of all individual peddlers or solicitors;
(4) A description of the proposed peddling or soliciting activities; and
(5) Dates, times and particular locations where the peddling or solicitation is to be performed.
(b) All license applications shall be referred to the Police Department who shall, within five days after receipt of the completed application, issue licenses to the solicitors or peddlers unless he or she finds that:
(1) The applicant has provided false, misleading or deceptive information in his or her application; and/or
(2) The applicant or any solicitor or peddler named on the license application has been convicted of a felony violation or misdemeanor violation involving fraud, violence or moral turpitude within the past five years.
(3) Any license issued under this Chapter shall be valid for not more than ninety days.
(4) The Police Department shall provide a laminated placard and lanyard that shall be displayed by the solicitor by wearing it around his/her neck when soliciting.
(c) Each applicant shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which fee shall be paid at the time the application is submitted, provided that any Walton Hills civic organization shall be exempt from payment of said fee.
(d) Once issued, a license may be used only in conformity with the laws of the Village and the State of Ohio; and may not be assigned or transferred. Prior to soliciting, the solicitor shall leave his/her photo I.D., driver’s license or State I.D. with the Police Department while they are soliciting in the community and return each day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day, and must be carried by the licensee at all times; and may be revoked or suspended by the Police Department for any of the following causes:
(1) The licensee or persons preparing the application on behalf of the licensee provided false, misleading or deceptive information in the license application.
(2) The licensee is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving fraud or moral turpitude.
(3) The licensee violates any provision of this Chapter or peddles or solicits in any unlawful manner.
(e) In the event a license application is not approved or in the event any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter is revoked, written notice shall be given to the applicant or licensee by personal service or by certified mail. The applicant or licensee shall have ten days after the receipt of such notice to appeal such refusal or revocation. Such appeal shall be perfected by filing a notice of the appeal with the Mayor of the Village; thereupon, the applicant shall have not less than ten days' notice of the date and place of the hearing. The Mayor shall have the power, after such hearing, to either affirm or overrule the decision of the Police Department.
(f) Any canvasser shall register with the Police Department before obtaining or seeking to obtain or influencing the opinions of the residents of the Village. Any canvasser shall provide the Police Department in writing with his or her name and address, the name and address of the organization represented and the dates, times and particular locations where the canvassing is to be performed. A ten dollar ($10.00) fee shall be charged for the registration of any canvasser. Any registration hereunder shall be valid for not more than ninety days.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 5-20-08; Ord. 2009-15. Passed 4-21-09; Ord. 2011-21. Passed 10-18-11; Ord. 2012-9. Passed 4-17-12; Ord. 2017-7. Passed 4-18-17.)