a. Application. Every person owning, conducting or operating any activity for which a license is required hereunder shall apply for a license to the Health Officer, on a form provided by him. If the Health Officer approves the application, he shall so indicate to the Tax Collector, to whom the applicant shall then pay the required fee and penalty, if any. The Tax Collector shall issue a public health license when these requirements have been met. Temporary licenses are governed by paragraph h. of this subsection.
b. License Content. Every public health license shall contain the following information:
1. Name and address of the licensee;
2. Nature and location of the licensed activity or object;
3. If issued for a retail food vehicle, the vehicle identification number or license number;
4. Date of issuance, and statement of its period of validity or of its invalidity after February 28 (29) or other specified date;
5. Statement that it is not transferable between persons, vehicles, objects or places; and
6. Statement that it is conditioned on compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
c. Additional Identification. The Tax Collector, when required or when he deems it necessary hereunder, shall issue with any license further identification in the form of a license plate, decal or gummed sticker to be conspicuously displayed.
d. Notify Health Officer. Within three (3) working days after the initial issuance of a license, the Tax Collector shall give the Health Officer a copy.
e. Renewal Licenses.
1. Issuance. On or before every January 31, the Tax Collector may send to each person who obtained a license during the license year a bill (invoice) for the appropriate license fee for the following year. He shall promptly send the licensee a fee-receipted license when the fee is paid. This “receipt” is merely the “fee-paid” copy of the license.
2. Effective Date and Display. No such license is valid or issuable until the required license fee is received by the Tax Collector, including penalty unless the fee is received or postmarked before the effective (delinquency) date. The licensee shall display the fee-receipted license, or shall make it available for objects or machines.
3. Report on Renewals. On every April 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Tax Collector shall notify the Health Officer of the names of those persons who have, and who have not, renewed their licenses.
f. Lost Licenses and Replacement Vehicles. The Tax Collector, upon receiving a fee of ten ($10.00) dollars, may issue a new license to a licensee who shows that his license has been lost or stolen, or who owns or operates a retail food vehicle which replaces a formerly licensed vehicle.
g. Refunds. The Auditor shall refund to a licensee all moneys erroneously collected if the licensee files a proper claim demonstrating this to the Auditor.
h. Temporary Licenses. The Health Officer may issue a nonrenewable temporary license for activities or objects licensable hereunder for a period of not over thirty-one (31) consecutive calendar days in any license year. The application and other matters regulated by this subsection shall be conformable herewith, except that the Health Officer shall administer them and may regulate and prescribe forms therefor conformable wherewith.
(Ord. #15, §1[4])