(a) License Required: Fee.
(1) No person shall act as a canvasser, peddler or as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce, calling at residences without the invitation or previous consent of the owner(s) or occupant(s) without first having secured from the City Clerk a license therefor. The fee for each license shall be as follows:
A. For one day: $ 1.00
B. For one week: 5.00
C. For one year: 15.00
(2) All fees collected shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund.
(3) The City Clerk shall issue a license upon the applicant’s submission of an application and payment of the proper fee.
(b) License Application: Contents. Application for a license as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce or as a peddler shall be made upon a form provided by the City Manager. Each application shall contain among other information, the name, address and telephone number of the applicant; the name, address and telephone number of his employer, if any; the nature of the goods or services for which he will take orders or to be offered for sale; the proposed method of operation in the City; a written commitment that such person(s) shall comply with Chapter 191 of the Codified Ordinances; and such other information as the City Manager may require. A separate license shall be required for each individual salesperson or peddler even though there may be a single employer. Such license shall not be used or represented in any way as an endorsement by the City. No person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony shall be issued a license as a door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce or as a peddler. Each applicant shall submit to fingerprinting for identification purposes.
(c) Exceptions. No license shall be required of a farmer or producer who is selling the product of his own farm, or of a bona-fide representative of a charitable, church or religious organization who is selling exclusively books or tracts published by a religious group or other goods or merchandise sold in connection with an appeal to charitable or religious purposes, such latter class of sales being governed by the registration requirements of Section 741.05.
(d) Duties of Licensee. No door-to-door salesperson's or peddler's license shall be transferable nor shall it be used by any person other than the licensee. Such license must be exhibited on request to any law enforcement officer or to any prospective customer.
(e) Investigation: License Revocation.
(1) Upon a written complaint being filed with the Police Division that any canvasser, door-to-door salesperson in intrastate commerce or any peddler is suffering from a communicable disease; or has made himself obnoxious to the public by the use of indecent, profane or insulting language; or the unsanitary condition of his person or clothing; or that has made or perpetrated any misstatement, deception or fraud in connection with any solicitation, an investigation shall be made, and if such complaint is found to be true, the license of such canvasser, door- to-door salesperson or peddler shall be revoked by the City Manager.
(2) Any license issued hereunder shall be revoked by the City Manager if the holder thereof is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or has made a false material statement in the application.
(3) Immediately upon such revocation, written notice thereof shall be given by the City Manager to the holder of the license in person or by certified U.S. mail addressed to his or her residence address as set forth in the application. Immediately upon the giving of such notice the license shall become null and void.
(4) The holder of a revoked license may seek immediate judicial review by direct appeal to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.