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2. No license shall be required of any person going from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street-to-street or other type of place-to-place when the activity is for the purpose of exercising that person's State or Federal Constitutional rights such as the freedom of speech, press, religion and the like, except that this exemption may be lost if the person's exercise of Constitutional rights is merely incidental to a commercial activity. 3. No license shall be required of any person going from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street-to-street, or other type of place-to-place when the activity is for a charitable, religious, political or educational organization if such organization is registered with the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 309.S2 as a charitable organization or is exempted therefore pursuant to the provisions of Section 309.S1S, and a majority of the membership are residents of the City. 4. Professional fundraisers working on behalf of an otherwise exempt person or group shall not be exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter. Subd. 4. License Ineligibility. The following shall be grounds for denying a license under this chapter: A. The failure of the applicant to obtain and show proof of having obtained any required county license. B. The failure of the applicant to truthfully provide any of the information requested by the city as a part of the application, or the failure to sign the application, or the failure to pay the required fee at the time of application. C. The conviction of the applicant within the past five years from the date of application for any violation of any federal or state statute or regulation, or of any local ordinance, which adversely reflects on the person's ability to conduct the business for which the license is being sought in an honest and legal manner. Those violations shall include, but not be limited to, burglary, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, unlawful business practices, and any form of actual or threatened physical harm against another person. D. The revocation within the past five years of any license issued to the applicant for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant. E. The applicant is found to have a history of poor business practices. Evidence of a history of poor business practices shall include, but not be limited to, the existence of more than three complaints against the applicant with the Better Business