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Gem Lake – Solicitors Ordinance Updates Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting 11/12/24 November 5, 2024 Page 2 3. Conducting themselves or their business in a way as to create a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of any specific individual or the general public. 4. Conducting business before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m. 5. Failing to provide proof of license, or registration, and identification when requested. 6. Using the license or registration of another person. 7. Alleging false or misleading statements about the products or services being sold, including untrue statements of endorsement. No peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant shall claim to have the endorsement of the city solely based on the city having issued a license or certificate of registration to that person. 8. Remaining on the property of another when requested to leave. 9. Otherwise conducting themselves or operating their business in any manner that a reasonable person would find obscene, threatening, intimidating or abusive. The current ordinance requires that all peddlers receive a county AND a city license. All transient merchants must obtain a city license. All solicitors must register with the city. Below are the requirements for license/registration applicants. There are no suggested amendments to these requirements: a) The applicant’s full legal name. b) Any and all other names under which the applicant has or does conduct business, or to which the applicant will officially answer to. c) A physical description of the applicant (hair color, eye color, height, weight, any distinguishing marks or features, and the like). d) Full address of applicant’s permanent residence. e) Telephone number of applicant’s permanent residence. f) Full legal name of any and all business operations owned, managed, or operated by applicant, or for which the applicant is an employee or an agent. g) Full address of applicant’s regular place of business if any exists. h) Any and all business-related telephone numbers of the applicant, including cellular phones and facsimile (fax) machines. i) The type of business for which the applicant is applying for a license. j) Whether the applicant is applying for an annual or daily license. k) The dates during which the applicant intends to conduct business. If the applicant is applying for a daily license, the number of days he or she will be conducting business within the city, with a maximum of fourteen (14) consecutive days. l) Any and all addresses and telephone numbers where the applicant can be reached while conducting business within the city, including the location where a transient merchant intends to set up his or her business. m) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted with the last five (5) years of any felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor for violating any state or federal statute or any local ordinance, other than minor traffic offenses. n) A list of the three (3) most recent locations where the applicant has conducted business as a peddler or transient merchant. o) Proof of any required county license. p) Written permission of the property owner or the property owner’s agent for any location to be used by a transient merchant. q) A general description of the items to be sold or services to be provided. r) Any and all additional information as may be deemed necessary by the City Council. s) The applicant’s driver’s license number or other acceptable form of identification. t) The license plate number, registration information, vehicle identification number (VIN) and physical description for any vehicle to be used in conjunction with the licensed business operation.