(A) Prohibition. No person, firm or corporation shall conduct, engage in, maintain, operate, carry on or manage any flea market operation, either by himself or herself or itself, or through an agent, employee or partner, without first having obtained a license therefor.
(B) Application for business license to conduct flea market operation. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to conduct a flea market operation shall file a written application with the Village Clerk on a form to be furnished by the Village Clerk. The applicant shall furnish the following together with its application for a business license:
(1) The type of ownership of the business, i.e., whether individual, partnership, corporation or otherwise;
(2) The name, style and designation under which the flea market operation is to be conducted;
(3) The business address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted;
(4) The following personal information concerning the applicant, if an individual; and concerning each stockholder holding more than 10% of the stock of the corporation, each officer and each director, if the applicant is a corporation; and concerning the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and concerning the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business:
(a) Name, complete residence address and residence telephone numbers;
(b) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant;
(c) Written proof of age;
(d) The business experience of the individual, including but not limited to whether or not such person has ever had a business permit or license denied, revoked or suspended and the reason therefore; and
(e) All criminal convictions other than traffic violations fully disclosing the jurisdiction in which convicted, and the offense for which convicted and the circumstances thereof.
(5) Evidence of insurance of a character and amount and in such form as may be determined by the Mayor and Board of Trustees to provide for the payment of any claim for personal injuries, including death, property damage or other suits arising out of or connected with the flea market operation;
(6) Such other information as shall be deemed necessary by the Chief of Police to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore required to be set forth in the application;
(7) Authorization for the Village of Calumet Park, its agent and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the business license;
(8) The applicant shall furnish information as may be required by the Police Department, Fire Department and Building Department of the village relating to the location where the operation shall be conducted. The information shall include the type of construction, arrangement of stalls and aisles, location of electrical wiring, location of exits, location of fire equipment, location of parking lot showing the number of usable spaces, location of sanitary facilities for the use of persons on the premises, as well as such other relevant information as the Police Department, Fire Department and Building Department may require; and
(9) Written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information contained in the application is true and correct, the declaration being duly dated and signed in the Village of Calumet Park.
(C) Application review; examination of applicant.
(1) Copies of business license applications shall be submitted by the Village Clerk to the Police Department, Fire Department and Building Department.
(2) These departments shall review applications for a business license to conduct a flea market operation and shall submit specific findings and recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the village on the question of whether issuance of a business license to the applicant to conduct a flea market operation at the proposed location would be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
(3) The Fire Department, Police Department and Building Department may suggest that the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the village impose certain conditions and restrictions upon the grant of a business license to conduct a flea market operation to safeguard the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
(4) The Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Calumet Park may examine any applicant for a business license to conduct a flea market operation.
(D) Issuance of business license. The Mayor and Board of Trustees of the village shall not issue a business license to a flea market operator to conduct a flea market operation unless the Mayor and Board of Trustees are satisfied from the business license application, the review reports of the Police Department, Fire Department and Building Department and from examination of the flea market operator that the proposed flea market operation will be conducted in such a manner that it will not injure the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
(E) Payment of fees.
(1) Every person, firm or corporation conducting a flea market operation in the Village of Calumet Park shall pay a fee of $50 for a period of one license year which shall begin on May 1 of the year for which such license is issued and shall terminate on April 30 of the next year.
(2) No license shall be issued at the yearly rate of license fees except for the full license year; provided, however, that where the license is issued on or after the first day of November, the license fee shall be one-half of the yearly license fee for the unexpired term of the license year.
(3) The business license fee shall be paid to the Village Clerk upon approval of the business license application.
(4) The required fee for each license issued shall be collected in full at the time of the issuance and delivery thereof.
(5) In no event shall any rebate or refund be made of any license fee, or part thereof, by reason of the death of the licensee or by any reason or non-use of the license or discontinuance of the operation of the establishment.
(6) In the event a flea market establishment moves its place of operation from one location in the village to another location in the village, the charge for a new license shall be for the established prevailing rate for a new location, with due credit given for the charge for the original effective license.
(Ord. 84-435, passed 10-2-1984)