§ 7.40.040. License—Application.

A.

Applicants for a license under this chapter shall file a written sworn application with the Department, accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee as established by resolution of the City Council, signed by the applicant, furnishing the following information:

1.

The name, permanent mailing address, and telephone number of the person to be licensed;

2.

If the applicant is not going to be managing or supervising the business to be licensed, or in the case of any firm or corporation to be licensed, the name or names of all individuals, and their addresses and telephone numbers, who will be conducting, managing, supervising or administering the business for or on behalf of the applicant;

3.

If the applicant proposes to sell, or offer for sale, commodities from a fixed location, the place or places within the City where it is proposed to carry on the applicant's business, the hours and days during which the applicant(s) proposes to conduct business from the location, and the length of time during which it is proposed that the business shall be conducted from the location. If the fixed location will be on private property, written consent from the owner(s) of the property, or lessee if authorized by the owner, must be provided;

4.

If the applicant proposes to sell, or offer for sale, commodities from house to house, or from place to place, a statement or description of the area or areas of the City which the applicant proposes to conduct business, the hours and days during which the applicant proposes to conduct the business, a statement or description of any routes of travel to be followed, and if sales are to be made from any wagon, vehicle, boat or other movable structure, a complete description of it, including any federal or state registration number, and the license numbers of all vehicles to be used in the business;

5.

A statement or description of the nature and character of the business to be conducted and the commodities to be sold, or offered for sale by the applicant;

6.

A statement as to whether or not the applicant, or any person who will be conducting, managing, supervising or administering the business for or on behalf of the applicant, has been convicted of any crime, excluding traffic offenses or violation of any municipal code or ordinance, and if so, the nature and date of the offense, the jurisdiction in which the offense was heard, and the nature of the punishment or penalty assessed;

7.

A copy of government-issued identification for each individual applicant and for any person who will be conducting, managing, supervising or administering the business for or on behalf of the applicant. If the business will be conducted from a motor vehicle the government issued identification for the motor vehicle operator must be the individual's driver's license. Mobile food service vendors shall provide a copy of their Anne Arundel County Mobile Food Service Facility License; and

8.

Any other reasonable information as to the identity or character of the applicant or any of the individuals who will be conducting, managing, supervising or administering the business for or on behalf of the applicant, or the method or plan of conducting the business, as the Department may deem necessary or proper in order to determine the fitness of the applicant to have the license issued, for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare.

B.

Organizers of a special event may file one application that lists all peddlers and hawkers that will participate in the special event.

C.

Applications filed five business days or less before the proposed effective date of the permit shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable expediting fee as established by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. O-39-06 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. O-16-99 § 1 (part): prior code § 14-33)

(Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016; Ord. No. O-8-16 Amended, § I, 7-25-2016)