(A) Issuance: The chief of police shall issue a solicitation permit to an applicant within five (5) business days after its receipt , if, but only if, the chief of police finds and determines all of the following:
1. The applicant has properly provided all information required by the chief of police and the application, the material statements made in the application are true, and the fee has been paid.
2. The applicant has not been convicted within five (5) years immediately prior to the date of filing of the application of a felony under the laws of the state of Illinois, any other state, or the United States, or convicted of a misdemeanor for a crime involving moral turpitude or truth and veracity, under the laws of the State of Illinois, any other state, or the United States.
3. The applicant has not had a village solicitation permit revoked or suspended within five (5) years immediately prior to the date of filing of the application.
4. The applicant has not been convicted of violating any provision of this chapter, any provision of any previous village solicitation regulation, or any provisions of any local, state, or federal solicitation regulation within five (5) years immediately prior to the date of filing of the application.
Every person wishing to engage in charitable solicitation campaigns must make application for a solicitation permit with the Chief of Police or assigned designee fifteen (15) days prior to the initiation of said campaign. Upon the Chief of Police’s issuance of a solicitation permit, all persons engaging in charitable solicitation shall have a copy of the said certificate visibly displayed on their persons at all times during such solicitation.
(B) Denial: If the chief of police determines that the applicant has not met one or more of the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section, then the chief of police shall deny issuance of the solicitation permit, shall give the applicant a written notification and explanation of such denial, and return the solicitation permit fee. The chief of police’s notice of denial shall be delivered in person or by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the applicant’s current residence address as set forth in the application. The solicitation permit shall be deemed denied on the day that the notice of denial is personally delivered or is placed in the U.S. mail as provided in this subsection. If the chief of police does not issue or deny the solicitation permit within five (5) business days after the chief of police receives the application, then the permit applied for shall be deemed to have been issued. The applicant may appeal the denial of a solicitation permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(C) Solicitation; In cases of an application for commercial solicitation, the failure of an applicant to fulfill the requirements of this chapter shall be a basis for the denial of a solicitation permit by the Chief of Police. In addition, no solicitation permit for commercial solicitation shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other State or under the Federal law of the United States within five (5) years of the date of the application; nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; nor to any person whose solicitation permit issued hereunder has previously been revoked as herein provided. In the event that any solicitation permit for commercial solicitation is denied for failure to comply with the requirements set forth hereinabove, the Chief of Police shall immediately notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for denial. If said application is not cured within ten (10) days after the date on which the Chief of Police denies the issuance of said solicitation permit, said application shall be null and void.
(D) Form And Display Of Permit: A solicitation permit shall be issued by the chief of police and shall consist of a plastic enclosed pin on or clip-on card, approximately two inches by four inches (2" x 4") in size, containing the full facial photograph of the solicitor that was submitted with the application. The name of the solicitor and the business or organization the solicitor represents, if any, the date(s) solicitation shall occur under the permit, and the effective dates of the permit shall be printed on the solicitation permit in easily readable form. Solicitation permits also shall bear the name of the village, the signature of the chief of police or the chief of police’s duly authorized designee, and the relevant permit application number. Each solicitor shall display the permit in a conspicuous place on his or her person at all times while engaged in soliciting in a manner that allows it to be readily seen by other persons. (Ord. 21-O-41, 9-13-2021)