(A) Applications for permits shall be accepted only from qualified organizations, and shall be in writing upon the form prescribed therefore by the Chief Executive Officer. A filing and processing fee as set by resolution of the City Council shall be paid at the time of filing the application. The application shall be submitted to the Business License Division on or before the first day of May of the calendar year for which a permit shall first be issued. The person named pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section, shall sign the application and certify, under penalty of perjury, it is accurate and complete.
(B) The application shall contain the following information:
(1) The exact location of the proposed stand, together with the written permission of the owner of the property if the property is not owned by the applicant;
(2) The name and location of the principal place of business of the applicant (or applicants for joint applications), the names and addresses of the members thereof (including any minors; provided, that to assist with protection of individual privacy, to the extent permitted by law, personal identifying information contained in the application, including, but not limited to, home addresses, home/cell phone numbers and the names of minors, will not be disclosed to the public), the name and place of business of the safe and sane fireworks vendor the applicant proposes to use and whether that vendor has, within the immediately preceding five years, been convicted of a violation of any laws or regulations related to safe and sane or dangerous fireworks;
(3) The name of the person and an alternate to be responsible for filing all financial reports required by this chapter. Each of those persons shall also be designated as the only individuals authorized to withdraw money from the applicant’s applicable fireworks bank account;
(4) A statement of the purposes for which the applicant is organized;
(5) Acopy of the California Secretary of State certificate approving the organization and a copy of the last annual information return filed by the organization or othersimilar proof of the validity of the organizationto operate within California;
(6) How and where the net proceeds from the sale of the fireworks are to be expended;
(7) For joint applications:
(a) A designation of the single qualified organization responsible for filing the reports required by § 93.12;
(b) The written agreement between the joint applicants regarding the joint application;
(c) A designation as to which of the joint applicants shall be the primary applicant and which shall be the secondary applicant; and
(8) Such other information as may be required by the Chief Executive Officer.
(C) No person shall file an application which knowingly contains false information.
(‘83 Code, § 8.20.030) (Ord. 1066, passed - - 93; Am. Ord. 1187, passed 6-19-02; Am. Ord. 1213, passed 8-20-03; Am. Ord. 1256, passed 2-16-05)