- October 10, 2024
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The city of Palm Coast is updating the requirements and application process for its solicitation licenses.
The update is in response to a recent increase in unlicensed solicitors in the city, according to Oct. 10 meeting documents. The ordinance was last amended in 2004.
The applications will require an applicant’s full name, date of birth, race and sex, permanent address and local residence, fingerprints, statements of past convictions and a recent color photo of the applicant, according to council meeting documents. A background check would be run, and, after reviewing it, the city would deny or approve the application.
Several council members if the council could prevent people with a violent criminal record from getting a solicitor license at all. City attorney Neysa Borkertt said it was something she would need to look into further.
“I would think preventing certain types of folks convicted of the types of crimes we were talking about would be worth getting on that slippery slope,” Vice Mayor Ed Danko said.
