It shall be unlawful for any person, organization,
society, association, company or corporation or their agents or representatives
to solicit donations of money or property or financial assistance
of any kind upon the streets, in office or business buildings, by
house-to-house canvass or in public places in the Village without
a license issued pursuant to this article.
Application to solicit funds for any cause whatever
as provided for in this article shall be in writing and addressed
to the Mayor and shall contain the following information:
A. Name, address and purpose of the cause for which permission
to solicit is sought.
B. Names and addresses of the officers and directors
of the organization, firm, society, association, company or corporation.
C. Time for which permission is sought and localities
and places of solicitation.
D. Whether or not any commissions, fees, wages, or emoluments
are to be expended in connection with such solicitation.
E. Such other information as the Board of Trustees may
require to determine the bona fide status of the applicant and whether
such solicitation would not be detrimental to the best interests of
the Village and the public.
Upon receiving such application, the Mayor shall
present the same to the Board of Trustees at its next regular meeting,
and the Board of Trustees shall thereupon investigate or cause an
investigation to be made of the person, organization, firm, society,
association, company or corporation for which a license to solicit
donations in public is sought and the time and locality in which it
is desired to make such solicitation, and if the Board shall, after
such investigation, be satisfied that the purpose of the solicitation
is not fraudulent or misleading and would not be detrimental to the
best interests of the Village and the public, the Mayor, or such Village
officer designated by him, shall issue a license signed by the Mayor,
or such designated officer.
The Board of Trustees may place reasonable restrictions
on the granting of any such license to include, but not be limited
to, the hours of solicitation, the number of persons soliciting, the
locality of such solicitation and the period for which such license
is granted.
Licensees operating under this article shall
be compelled to label all collection boxes or containers used in the
solicitation of funds, either by appeal in person or the placing of
receptacles for the receipt of such public contributions in stores,
factories, shops, offices, theaters, hotels, restaurants, railway
stations or other public places, with the name of the organization
for which the permit is issued and in such conspicuous manner as the
Village Clerk may direct.
All persons soliciting donations pursuant to
this article shall at all times during such solicitation carry an
identification card issued by the chairman or district chairman of
any such charitable drive, which identification card shall plainly
show the name of the person soliciting and the person, organization,
society, association, company or corporation on whose behalf such
solicitation is being made.
The Board of Trustees may establish such regulations
as it may deem necessary in effectuating the purposes and objects
of this article.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any duly organized religious corporations, any lodge, benevolent
or fraternal order or any political organization whenever such solicitation
is made at the regular places of worship or regular meeting places
of such religious corporation, lodge, benevolent or fraternal order
or political organization.