§ 54-52. Solicitation permit required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in solicitation without securing a required permit and in a manner inconsistent with the issuance of the permit.

(b)

Every person desiring to engage in commercial or charitable solicitation, as defined in this article, from persons in residences, on streets, highways or sidewalks located in the village, except for a merchant conducting a sale on the sidewalk as permitted under the village's zoning ordinance, is hereby required to make written application for a solicitation permit as hereinafter provided, and obtain such permit prior to engaging in solicitation within the village.

(c)

Application for solicitation permits shall be made upon a form provided by, and shall be submitted to, the village clerk, and shall be accompanied by such other documentation as is required herein.

(d)

All statements made by the applicant upon the application or in connection therewith shall be under oath.

(e)

The village clerk and the chief of police shall cause to be kept in their offices an accurate record of every application received and acted upon, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, and copies of all solicitation permits issued under the provisions of this article. Applications for permits shall be numbered in consecutive order, as filed, and every permit issued and any renewal thereof shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application upon which it was issued.

(f)

No solicitation permit permitting door to door residential solicitation shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of a felony under the laws of this state or any other state or federal law of the United States, or misconduct which constitutes a class A misdemeanor involving dishonesty or false statements under state law or similar violation in any other state, within five years of the date of the permit application. No solicitation permit shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this article, nor to any person whose solicitation permit issued hereunder has previously been revoked, as herein provided, for a period of one year from the date of such conviction or revocation.

(g)

Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (f) of this section, an elementary, junior high or high school student under the age of 18 soliciting for the benefit of a school or community (scouts, little league, etc.) activity or program need not obtain a solicitation permit from the village, but shall instead display their student I.D. or an I.D. from their school or organization stating the student's name and the school or organization for whose benefit the student is soliciting.

(Ord. No. 97-6, § 1(10-157), 8-4-1997)