(A) License required. It shall be unlawful to sell, cause to sell, offer for sale, or otherwise trade firearms, munitions, or other weapons, without first obtaining a license as provided for herein.
(B) Licensing requirements.
(1) Application for a license must be made to the City Clerk prior to commencing sales and/or trading of weapons. Said license shall be issued for a period of one year, expiring on April 30 of each year. License fee shall be paid at time of application.
(2) The City Clerk or Mayor may request a background check of applicant, to be performed by the Police Department, before issuing a firearms license.
(3) Said applicant must agree to abide by all other state and federal firearms, and/or weapons regulations, and failure to abide by said regulations shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
(4) The city may deny the license based upon grounds of failure to pay taxes, failure to cooperate with authorities, failure to acquire a license before commencing sales, failure to abide by all other regulations pertaining to said license, or other just cause.
(5) Said license fee shall be set at $50 per year.
(C) License must be conspicuously posted. Said license shall be posted in a conspicuous location within the premises of the dealer's business, near the point of business transactions.
('69 Code, § 12-16) (Ord. 0-92-5, passed 4-27-92) Penalty, see § 110.99