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Any bond given by any person or corporation to the city under any license ordinance shall, before a license is granted, be approved by the mayor unless otherwise provided by ordinance; and unless otherwise provided all said bonds shall be signed either by a responsible surety company or by two (2) good and sufficient sureties, and shall be conditioned for the due observance of all provisions of this code regulating or relating to any such business or occupation, which now are or may be in force during the period of such license. Said bond shall, unless otherwise provided by ordinance, be filed with the city clerk. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 14)
When specific provision is made anywhere by ordinance for the division of a license for less than the full annual license fee or for the issuance of a license for a part or portion of a license year upon the payment of a proportionate amount of the annual license fee, the amount to be so paid for such license shall be computed from the first day of the period during which such license is issued, if the license year be divided into periods, or if provisions be made for monthly periods, it shall be computed as running from the first day of the month in which such license is issued; provided, that no person shall be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this section who has engaged without a license so to do in the business for which he applies for license at the time of such application. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 15)
It shall be the duty of the city clerk, by notice in writing, to notify all persons holding licenses, not less than ten (10) days before the expiration of the same, of the date of their expiration, and also to notify all who, by any ordinance, are required to procure a license for their trade or occupation. Such notice shall also be given by the clerk immediately upon the expiration of any license, or as soon as the fact that any person is acting without license shall come to his knowledge. The notice shall be served by the chief of police or any police officer of the city, and may be left at the residence or place of business of the person notified, or if deemed necessary may be sent through the mail. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 16)
The members of the police force shall enforce all provisions of this code relating to licenses, and it is hereby made the duty of the chief of police to examine, from time to time, the license register of the clerk and to report and prosecute all persons liable thereto, who may be acting or doing business without a license. (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 17)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall conduct any business required by ordinance to be licensed without a license, or shall in any manner violate the terms of his license, shall, where no specific penalty is provided, be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (R.O. 1959, Ch. 24, Art. 1, Sec. 18)
Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases herein defined are used in this section 3-1-19 in the sense given them in the following definitions:
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: A voluntary organization composed of individuals and businesses who have joined together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial and civic interest of a community.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: An organization or institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite number of the public. The service rendered to those eligible for benefits must also confer some benefit on the public.
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION: An organization or institution organized and operated to provide systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax supported schools.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION: An organization of persons having a common interest, the primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to lessen the burdens of government by caring for those that otherwise would be cared for by the government.
LABOR ORGANIZATION: An organization composed of workers organized with the objective of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.
NET PROCEEDS: The gross receipts from the conduct of raffles less reasonable sums expended for prizes, local license fees and other reasonable operating expenses incurred as a result of operating a raffle.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION: An organization or institution organized and conducted on a not for profit basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the operation.
RAFFLE: A form of lottery, as defined in paragraph 28.2(b) of the Illinois criminal code of 1961, conducted by an organization licensed under this chapter in which:
(A) The player pays or agrees to pay something of value for a chance, represented and differentiated by a number or by a combination of numbers or by some other medium, one or more of which chances is to be designated the winning chance;
(B) The winning chance is to be determined through a drawing or by some other method based on an element of chance by an act or set of acts on the part of persons conducting or connected with the lottery, except that the winning chance shall not be determined by the outcome of a publicly exhibited sporting contest.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION: Any church, congregation, society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious worship.
VETERANS ORGANIZATION: An organization or association comprised of members of which substantially all are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to confer a public benefit. (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
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