The procedure for the issuance of a business license shall be as follows:
(A) Every person shall submit an application for a business license to the Town Clerk at least 15 days prior to commencement of any business activity within town limits for profit or gain. The applicant shall complete an application for business license on a form provided by the Town Clerk. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to provide all the information required. Each partner of a partnership shall be separately listed on the form.
(B) At such time as an applicant submits the application for business license, duly sworn to by the applicant and deemed complete by the Town Clerk, and the applicant has paid the required license fees and processing fees as set forth in § 110.07 of this code, the Town Clerk shall accept and date the application.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk upon receipt of a properly completed application for a business license and verification of the data contained thereon, to prepare and issue a license under this chapter for every person, corporation or partnership required to pay a license fee hereunder and to state in each license the amount charged for the same, the period of time covered thereby, the name of the person, corporation or partnership for whom issued and the trade, calling, profession, occupation or business licensed and the location or place of business where the trade, calling, profession, occupation or business is to be carried on, transacted or practiced.
(D) In no case, shall any mistake made by the Town Clerk in issuing any license or collecting the amount of fee for any license or the amount actually due from any person required to pay for a license as provided herein, prevent, prejudice or stop the town from collecting the correct amount of fee or charge for any license or the amount actually due from any person required to pay for a license as provided herein, or revoking any license erroneously issued and refunding the fee collected.
(E) No greater or lesser amount of money shall be charged or received by the Town Clerk for any license than is provided for in this chapter, and no license shall be issued for any period of time other than as provided herein.
(F) All charges for a license required by this chapter shall be paid in advance and in lawful money of the United States of America at the Office of the Clerk.
(G) The Town Clerk or designee shall be inspector of licenses and may appoint, with approval of the Manager, the assistant inspectors as may be required to enforce these regulations.
(H) Each assistant inspector of licenses, immediately upon the facts coming to his or her knowledge, shall report to the Town Clerk the name of any person, corporation or partnership carrying on, transacting or practicing any trade, calling, profession or business within the town without first having obtained a license as required by this chapter.
(I) The inspector of licenses and the assistant inspectors, each in the discharge and performance of his or her duties, shall have and exercise the following powers:
(1) To file a complaint for any violation of the provisions of this chapter with the Town Magistrate; and
(2) To enter, free of charge and at any reasonable time, any place of business for which a license is required by this chapter and to demand exhibition of the license for the current period of time from any person, corporation or partnership engaged in carrying on, transacting or practicing any trade, calling, profession, occupation or business at the place of business and, if the person, corporation or partnership shall fail then and there to exhibit the license, the person, corporation or partnership shall be liable to the penalties provided for violation of this chapter.
(J) When the charge for any license required hereunder shall remain unpaid for 5 days from and after the due date, the charge shall be delinquent and the Town Clerk, on the day upon which said charge becomes delinquent, shall add thereto an amount equal to 100% of the charge as a penalty and no receipt or license shall be issued thereafter by the Town Clerk until the charge and penalty shall be paid in full.
(K) Each business license issued by the Town Clerk shall state the following: the term of the license; the name of the person, firm, corporation, association, partnership or business entity for whom the license is issued; the trade, calling, profession, occupation or business activity being licensed and the location or place of business or permanent address where said trade, calling, profession, occupation or business is carried on.
(1) Each business license shall be issued for a 12 month term.
(2) The licensee shall submit a new application in the event of any change to the information supplied on the original application and shall pay any additional fees as required in § 110.06.
(3) A license may be renewed for additional 12 month terms, pursuant to procedures established by the Town Clerk and in accordance with all requirements of this chapter.
(2001 Code, § 8-1-5)