The following qualifications must be met by each applicant for a license issued hereunder:
A. No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation except non-profit associations or corporations organized primarily for civic betterment or youth activities. Such organizations, groups or individuals shall be limited to one (1) license.
B. Each such organization must have its principal and permanent meeting place within the corporate limits of the City, must maintain a bona fide membership of at least eighty percent (80%) of the organization must be Adelanto residents, and must have been organized and established in the City's corporate limits for a minimum of one (1) year continuously preceding the filing of the application for the business license.
C. No organization may receive more than one (1) license for fireworks sale during any one (1) calendar year. One (1) license may be issued to two (2) or more qualifying applicants as a joint venture, but may only operate one (1) stand. The maximum number of licenses which may be issued pursuant to this Chapter during any one (1) calendar year shall not exceed one (1) license for each three thousand (3,000) residents of the City, or fraction thereof, based on the latest official roster, State of California census estimate.
D. If the number of applications exceeds the number of licenses allowed to be issued, the licenses shall be granted by a drawing supervised by the City Clerk. The drawing will be held at a Council meeting, the applicants will be notified of the drawing date and notification of selection will be performed the following day.
E. Reserved.
F. Reserved.
G. Reserved.
[Ord. No. 494, 4/14/10; Ord. No. 516, Section 2, 4/24/13; Ord. No. 599, Section 3, 5/8/19; Ord. No. 605, Section 3, 8/28/19; Ord. No. 649, Section 2, 3/13/24.]