(a) Public Garages. On receipt of an application for a license to operate a public garage, and payment of the fee required by division (g) of this section, the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall issue the license on a form promulgated by the Commissioner for that purpose. No license shall be issued except to an applicant for a property which is in compliance with the terms of this chapter and is also in compliance with division (a) of Section 349.07, Section 349.09, and Section 350.17 of the Codified Ordinances, as applicable to the subject property.
(b) Parking Lots. On receipt of an application for a license to operate a parking lot, the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall transmit the application to the Director of the City Planning Commission to determine whether the facility in question complies with the substantive provisions of the chapter. The Director of the City Planning Commission shall, within sixty (60) days of receipt of the application, notify the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses whether the facility in question complies with all of the substantive provisions of this chapter. On notification of compliance, the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall issue the license on a form promulgated by the Commissioner for that purpose. No license shall be issued except to an applicant for property which is in compliance with the terms of this chapter and is also in compliance with division (a) of Section 349.07, Section 349.09, and Section 350.17 of the Codified Ordinances, as applicable to the subject property.
(c) Issuance and Renewal. All licenses issued under this section shall be issued for a period of one (1) year commencing November 1. Licenses may be renewed if an application for renewal containing the information listed in Section 457.02 is submitted to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses not less than ninety (90) days before termination of the previous license or registration. Applications for license renewal or for the licensing of a registered parking lot shall be accompanied by the required site plan and elevation drawing only in the following two (2) instances: 1) in the year in which landscaping and screening compliance is required under division (i) of Section 457.07, and 2) if a change in the parking lot renders the previously submitted site plan or elevation drawing inaccurate.
(d) License Extension. If an application for a license renewal has been submitted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 457.02 and 457.03 of this chapter, and if, before the existing license has expired, the City has not taken all administrative and legislative action required for approval of the renewal of the license (including, if applicable, the granting of an encroachment permit), the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall extend the existing license on a month-by-month basis until the City has taken action as required by this chapter.
(e) Applicability to Premises. Licenses issued under this section shall apply only to the premises described in the application, and a separate application and license shall be required for each noncontiguous site operated. The license shall not be assignable or transferable.
(f) Notification of Police Chief. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall notify the Chief of Police of each license issued under this chapter.
(g) License Fee. Each application for a new or renewal license shall be accompanied by a fee of:
(1) In 2003 and 2004, fifty cents ($0.50) per parking space;
(2) In 2005 and 2006, seventy-five cents ($0.75) per parking space; and
(3) In 2007, one dollar ($1.00) per parking space.
(h) Site Plan Review Fee. Each application for a new or renewal license, including a new or revised site plan, shall be accompanied by an additional fee of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00).
(Ord. No. 2393-02. Passed 2-3-03, eff. 2-3-03)