(a) No license shall be issued to any person to conduct a house or facility unless such person is of ascertained good moral character; and when application for the license is made, the applicant shall present himself in person to the Director of Public Safety, and at such time present to the Director satisfactory proof of good moral character. When application for a license is made by or on behalf of a copartnership, corporation or association, such application shall be made by the manager, officer, agent or other person who shall have charge and management of such house or facility.
(b) No person, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association may hold or renew a license to conduct a rooming house or lodging house, limited lodging, or residential social service facility unless such person is paid in full or is current and not otherwise delinquent in the payment of City transient lodging taxes and City income taxes, including any obligation to pay taxes withheld from employees under Section 182.05 and any payment on net profits under Section 182.06.
(1) A certificate of compliance issued by the Treasurer or the Canton Income Tax Department must be provided at the time of application for license or renewal.
(2) Falsification of any information related to or any violation of the requirement to pay City income taxes set forth in subsection (b) shall constitute cause for the rescission of the license at the City's discretion.
(3) No person, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association which has as one of its partners, shareholders or owners, a person who is a twenty percent (20%) or greater equity owner in such partnership, corporation or unincorporated association and who is delinquent in the payment of City income taxes or transient lodging taxes as set forth in subsection (b), may receive or renew a license with the City under this Chapter.
(Ord. 122-2018. Passed 6-4-18.)