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A. Generally: The city clerk-treasurer shall collect all fees for the licenses required by this chapter. The city clerk-treasurer shall procure blanks for applications, books of account, receipts and license forms used in connection with the issuance of business licenses.
B. Application For License; Contents: All businesses required to be licensed by this chapter shall make application in writing, which application shall contain the following information:
1. The full business name, permanent address and phone number of applicant.
2. Brief description of the nature of the business.
3. The location or locations of the business in the city, giving the street address and phone number of each location and the name of the person in charge at each location.
4. The number of local employees of the business, including owners, partners, proprietors and managers.
5. The length of time the right to do business is desired, when applicable. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
6. The endorsement of the city building inspector or city superintendent evidencing that the location sought to be licensed does not violate the city zoning and building ordinances; provided, however, that such endorsement shall not be required on an application for renewal of a license.
7. If the party actually applying for a license is the agent or representative of the applicant, the full name, address and phone number of said agent or representative, and the full name, address and phone number of the principal, if different than that of the applicant.
C. Issuance Or Denial Of License: It shall be the duty of the city clerk-treasurer to issue a license within thirty (30) days upon presentation of a properly completed application blank, together with tender of the appropriate license fee payable in advance, unless an inspection by the county health officer, city sanitary inspector, fire inspector, building inspector or city superintendent indicates a violation of a city ordinance or state law or regulation existing at the place of business sought to be licensed, in which case a written description of said violation specifying the steps necessary to qualify the premises for license shall be furnished to the applicant by the city clerk- treasurer. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004; amd. Ord. 2.32)
Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall state upon its face the following:
A. Name of the licensee and any other name under which business is to be carried on.
B. Number of "employees" as defined in section 4-1-1 of this chapter.
C. The local address and phone number of the business.
D. The amount of the license fee.
E. The date of issuance and date of expiration.
F. Such other and further information as the ordinances of the city shall require. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
Failure to renew the license shall result in the following delinquent charges:
A. If a resident license is not paid prior to March 1 of the year due, an additional charge of five dollars ($5.00) will be assessed, and an additional five dollars ($5.00) will be added for every thirty (30) day period beyond April 1.
B. A nonresident vendor, merchant or contractor business license fee is due on opening day of such business and subject to a ten dollar ($10.00) penalty if not paid within thirty (30) days of initial opening and an additional five dollars ($5.00) for every thirty (30) day period beyond the initial thirty (30) days.
C. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the city from suspending or revoking a business license for failure to renew said license within twelve (12) months after the date the license fees were due. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
A. Multiple Businesses: Any person licensed by the city conducting more than one business at the time of license application shall be required to purchase a license for each business that they operate.
B. Branch Establishments: A license shall be obtained in the manner herein provided for each branch establishment or location of a business; provided, however, that warehouses and distributing plants used in connection with and incidental to a licensed business, where no sales are made, shall not be deemed to be a branch establishment. Drive-in banking locations are not considered separate locations for existing banking institutions. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises where the business is conducted, and any license for a business without a fixed place of business shall be carried upon the person of the licensee and shall be shown to any resident of the city or city official upon demand. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
Whenever the city council shall deem it best for the public interest to do so, it may, by resolution passed by a majority vote of the city council and approved by the mayor and attested by the city clerk, refuse to authorize the issuance of any license herein provided for, and the city council hereby expressly reserves, by resolution or affirmative vote of a majority of the city council and approved by the mayor and attested by the city clerk-treasurer, the right to revoke any and all licenses that may have been issued as herein provided when it shall deem best for the public interest to do so. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)
A. Misdemeanor: Every person who commences or carries on a business, trade, profession or occupation for the transaction or carrying on of which a license is required by the provisions of this chapter without procuring a license as herein prescribed, or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. Penalty Imposed: Every person carrying on or engaging in the transaction of any business for which a license is required, without first procuring the proper license therefor, and any person making material misrepresentations or omissions in an application for a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per infraction. (Ord. 6.16, 12-20-2004)