(A) License required. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the regularly constituted authorities of the United States, the county, the village, or the state, or any association or institution for the care of children which has been accredited, certified or licensed by the state, pursuant to an act of the legislature, to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children, to open, conduct, manage or maintain any homes, as defined in § 117.150, within the corporate limits of the village, without first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
(B) Application. Any person desiring a license required by division (A) of this section shall make application in writing to the Village Clerk. Such application shall conform to the general provisions of this code relating to applications for licenses and shall state the location or proposed location of the home, the purpose for which it is to be opened, conducted or maintained, the accommodations for the inmates thereof, the nature and kind of care, instruction or benefits given or proposed to be given therein, the name and address of the officials or board of officials conducting, managing or maintaining the home, the name of the superintendent or person in charge of the home, the name and address of the chief physician, surgeon, or attending physician or surgeon, or the names and addresses of the board of physicians or surgeons attending therein if there is such a board.
(C) Investigation. It shall be the duty of the health officer, upon presentation of the application required by division (B) of this section, to make or cause to be made strict inquiry into the facts set out in such application, and if upon inquiry and inspection he or she shall find that such home complies with all provisions of this code and other ordinances and statutes relating thereto, he or she shall recommend to the President and Board of Trustees, that a license be issued.
(D) Fee. The license fee to be paid annually to the Village Collector for the license required by this chapter shall be $25.
(`95 Code, § 117.151)