CHAPTER 110: GENERAL LICENSING PROVISIONS
Section
   110.01   Scope
   110.02   Unlawful activities
   110.03   Application
   110.04   Submission to City Council
   110.05   Examination of applicant
   110.06   Grounds for issuance or denial
   110.07   Term of license
   110.08   Fees
   110.09   Inspection
   110.10   Assignment
   110.11   Renewal of license
   110.12   Record of licenses
   110.13   Separate licenses required
   110.14   Suspension or revocation
   110.15   Misrepresentation
 
   110.99   Penalty
§ 110.01 SCOPE.
   The provisions of this chapter apply to the issuance of every kind of license or permit authorized by the city. Whenever a provision of a particular licensing ordinance shall be deemed in conflict with any phrase or section of this chapter, the provision of the particular licensing ordinance shall prevail.
(2015 Code, § 2-1-1)
§ 110.02 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES.
   No provision contained in this title shall be construed so as to license any trade, business, occupation, vocation, pursuit, profession, or entertainment prohibited by any law of the United States, of the state, or prohibited by the provisions of this code or other ordinance of the city.
(2015 Code, § 2-1-2) Penalty, see § 110.99
§ 110.03 APPLICATION.
   (A)   Form. Every person desiring to conduct any business or other activity in the city for which a license is required must file with the City Clerk/Treasurer of the city, on a form to be provided by the City Clerk/Treasurer, an application for license, in writing.
   (B)   Fee. The fee for such license must accompany the application.
   (C)   Required information. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant before an officer authorized to take oaths, and shall set forth:
      (1)   The name of the applicant;
      (2)   His or her place of permanent residence;
      (3)   His or her local business address, if any;
      (4)   Date of his or her arrival in the city;
      (5)   City or county from which last license, if any, received;
      (6)   Description of the activity to be licensed, and its location;
      (7)   Whether the applicant shall act as principal or agent;
      (8)   If acting as agent, the name and place of business of the principal; and
      (9)   If the applicant is the agent, the principal’s acknowledgment of such agency must accompany the application.
(2015 Code, § 2-1-3)
§ 110.04 SUBMISSION TO CITY COUNCIL.
   On receipt of any application for a license or other authorization to do business, the City Clerk/Treasurer shall submit the same to the City Council at its next regular or special session.
(2015 Code, § 2-1-4)
§ 110.05 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANT.
   (A)   Personal appearance. The City Council may notify or cause to be notified, in writing, the applicant to appear before the City Council for the purpose of further inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the application and the fitness of the applicant to be licensed.
   (B)   Investigation. The City Council may instruct the Director of Public Works or other city officer to investigate the facts stated in each license application, the qualifications and character of the applicant and the officers and owners of the firm to be licensed.
(2015 Code, § 2-1-5)
§ 110.06 GROUNDS FOR ISSUANCE OR DENIAL.
   (A)   Character. If the City Council shall determine that the applicant for a license or any person interested in the ownership of any business sought to be licensed are persons of such character that the business to be licensed may be operated in such manner as to be detrimental to the public health, peace, morals, or general welfare of the city, such application shall be denied; otherwise, the application shall be granted.
   (B)   Premises. If the City Council shall find, after investigation, that the premises or buildings of the business to be operated under license are in unsafe condition, or are constructed or operated in such a way as to be detrimental to the public welfare, the City Council shall deny the application for license.
   (C)   Public interest. The city may refuse to issue licenses when it may deem it best for the public interest.
(2015 Code, § 2-1-6)
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