Applicants for license under this subchapter, whether a person, firm, or corporation, shall file a written sworn application signed by the applicant, if an individual, by all partners if a partnership, by the president if a corporation, with the City Clerk, showing:
(A) The name or names of the person or persons having the management or supervision of applicant’s business during the time that it is proposed that it will be carried on in the city; the local address or addresses of such person or persons while engaged in such business; the permanent address or addresses of such person or persons; the capacity in which such person or persons will act (that is, whether as proprietor, agent, or otherwise); the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation for whose account the business will be carried on, if any; and if a corporation, under the laws of what state, the same is incorporated;
(B) Three letters of recommendation from reliable property owners in the county, certifying as to the applicant’s good character and business responsibility or other evidence which establishes to the satisfaction of the City Clerk good character and business responsibility of such person or persons;
(C) The place or places in the city where it is proposed to carry on the applicant’s business and the length of time during which it is proposed that the business shall be conducted;
(D) The place or places other than the permanent place of business of the applicant where the applicant within the six months next preceding the date of the application conducted a business, stating the nature thereof and giving the post office and street address of any building or office in which such business was conducted;
(E) A statement of the nature, character, and quality of the goods, wares, or merchandise to be purchased by the applicant in the city;
(F) A brief statement of the nature and character of the advertising done or proposed to be done in order to attract customers and, if required by the City Clerk, copies of all the advertising, whether by handbills, circular, newspaper advertising, or otherwise shall be attached to the application as exhibits thereto;
(G) Whether or not the person or persons having the management or supervision of the applicant’s business have been convicted of a crime, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of such offense and the punishment assessed therefor;
(H) Credentials from the person, firm, or corporation for which the applicant proposes to do business authorizing the applicant to act as such representative; and
(I) Such other reasonable information as to the identity or character of the person or persons having the management or supervision of the applicant’s business or the method or plan of doing such business as the City Clerk may deem proper to fulfill the purpose of this subchapter in the protection of the public good.
(Prior Code, § 110.072)