§ 78-112. Application; registration; investigation and report; grounds for denial.

(a)

No door-to-door salesperson shall be authorized to solicit orders until he files an application from the license bureau and obtains a permit and registers as a door-to-door salesperson. The license bureau shall make an investigation, including but not limited to an investigation of the police record and moral character of the applicant. The license bureau shall furnish the police department a duplicate of the application for the door-to-door salesperson's permit. The police department, within ten days, shall furnish a report to the license bureau of the police record, if any, of the applicant. No permit shall be given to any applicant who shall have either a pending charge or a conviction for a felony crime or an offense involving the elements of assault and battery, or any civil judgments involving unethical and improper business actions, including but not limited to actions which would constitute fraud and deceit under the laws of the state.

(b)

No application for a permit under this section shall be received or acted upon if the applicant has submitted the same or a similar application for a permit within the preceding 12 months, which prior application has been dismissed, denied or abandoned. No license shall be granted if the applicant is in violation of this division or has within 12 months preceding the application been in violation of this division or any other law or ordinance regulating the activities for which such permit is sought.

(Ord. of 10-25-94; Code 1977, § 3-7-74; Ord. of 9-10-02; Amd. of 7-26-16)