No person purporting to represent, directly
or indirectly, or using the name of any lodge, club, charitable, philanthropic,
educational, patriotic, political or labor organization or any other
association or society shall solicit funds from the public for any
public dance, entertainment, charity, advertising scheme or similar
purpose through the sale of tickets, tags, contributions, advertising
or any other method where such person shares or receives, directly
or indirectly, any part of such fund for such solicitation and promotion
without having first secured a permit to do so from the Clerk. No
such permit shall be issued except on written application therefor,
which shall contain the following information:
A.Â
The name and address of the person, association or
corporation making application and if an association or corporation,
the certificate or resolution of authorization from its governing
board.
B.Â
The name of the organization or society for whose
benefit such solicitation and promotion is to be carried on, together
with the names and addresses of the president and secretary, the location
of the room or meeting place thereof and a certificate or resolution
of such organization consenting to the enterprise.
C.Â
The nature of the entertainment or enterprise proposed,
the date and place thereof and general plan of organization, the price
of tickets, tags, subscriptions and contributions and the plan and
methods to be followed in the sale or solicitation thereof.
D.Â
The method of distribution of the funds or proceeds
from any such undertaking, including the names of the promoters and
the organizations represented, or under whose auspices the enterprise
is conducted or purported to be conducted and the respective percentages
or amounts to be distributed or allotted to each.
E.Â
The names and addresses of three bona fide residents
of the Village as references.
This chapter shall not apply to the public solicitation of funds by sale of tickets or otherwise for enterprises described in § 143-10 by the regularly constituted and duly authorized members of bona fide organizations, religious or otherwise, where the entire funds or proceeds derived from such enterprise go and belong to such organization.
Any misrepresentation or misstatement of a required
fact in such application shall be grounds for withholding or revocation
of such permit by the Village Board.
[Amended 6-24-2014 by Ord. No. 748]
The fee for a fund solicitation permit shall be as set by resolution
of the Village Board.
