§ 299-5. Application for certificate.

A. 

Application for a certificate of registration shall be made upon a form provided by the municipality. The applicant shall truthfully, under penalty of perjury, state in full the information requested on the application as follows:

(1) 

Name and address of present place of residence and length of residence at such address; also the business address if other than the present address.

(2) 

Address of place of residence during the past three years if other than present address.

(3) 

Age of applicant.

(4) 

Physical description of applicant.

(5) 

Name and address of the person, firm or corporation or association by whom or which the applicant is employed or represents and the length of time of such employment or representation.

(6) 

Name and address of employer during the past three years if other than the present employer.

(7) 

Description sufficient for identification of the subject matter of the soliciting in which the applicant will engage.

(8) 

Period of time for which the certificate is applied.

(9) 

Date or approximate date of the latest previous application for a certificate under this chapter, if any.

(10) 

Whether or not a certificate of registration issued to the applicant under this chapter has ever been revoked.

(11) 

Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a violation or a felony under the laws of the state or any other state or federal law of the United States.

(12) 

Whether or not the applicant or representative has ever been denied a peddling, hawking or soliciting certificate of registration or has had a certificate revoked; if so, from where, when and why.

[Amended 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]

B. 

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

C. 

The applicant shall submit to fingerprinting and photographing by the Police Department of the municipality in connection with the application for the certificate.

D. 

The Chief of Police shall cause to be kept in his office an accurate record of every application received and acted upon, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, and all certificates of registration issued under the provisions of this chapter and of the denial of applications. Applications for certificates shall be numbered in consecutive order as filed, and every certificate issued and any renewal thereof shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application upon which it was issued.

E. 

No certificate of registration shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of a crime under the laws of the state or any other state or federal law of the United States; to any person who has been denied other permits for good cause; to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter; or to any person whose certificate of registration issued hereunder has previously been revoked as herein provided or who has a history of complaints from this or other communities.