(A) Required form.
(1) Form and execution. An application for a junk yard license, or the renewal thereof, shall be made in writing to the Fire Prevention Code Official on a form prescribed by the city and shall be signed by one of the following:
(a) The applicant, if the applicant is an individual;
(b) At least one of the persons entitled to share in the profits of the organization and having unlimited personal liability for the obligations of the organization and the right to bind all other such persons, if the applicant is a partnership (general or limited), joint venture or any other type of organization where two or more persons share in the profits and liabilities of the organization;
(c) A duly authorized agent, if the applicant is a corporation; or
(d) The trustee, if the applicant is a land trust.
(2) Oath; additional information. The application shall be verified by oath or affidavit as to all statements made on or in connection with the application and any attachments thereto. Each application shall specifically identify the applicant and the licensed premises for which a junk yard license is sought. Each initial or renewal application shall be accompanied by five identical copies.
(B) Administrative processing fee. Every applicant for a junk yard license or for the renewal of an existing junk yard license shall pay an administrative processing fee in the amount of $160 by certified check to the city at the time the application is filed. The administrative processing fee shall in all cases be a nonrefundable and shall be deposited in the general corporate fund of the city.
(C) Required information and documents. Each application shall include the following information and documents:
(1) General information.
(a) Individuals. If the applicant is an individual, the applicant shall provide the applicant’s legal name, business and home address, telephone number and Social Security number.
(b) Corporations. If the applicant is a corporation, the applicant shall provide the applicant corporation’s complete name and official business address; the legal name, business addresses and Social Security numbers of all of the directors, officers and managers of the corporation and of every person owning or controlling more than 50% of the voting shares of the corporation; the corporation’s date and place of incorporation; proof that the corporation is a corporation in good standing and authorized to conduct business in the state; and the name of the registered corporate agent and the address of the registered office for service of process.
(c) Other entities. If the applicant is a partnership (general or limited), joint venture or any other type of organization where two or more persons share in the profits of the organization, the applicant shall provide the organization’s complete name and official business address; the legal name, business addresses and Social Security numbers of each partner (other than limited partners) or any other person entitled to share in the profits of the organization, whether or not the person is also obligated to share in the liabilities of the organization.
(d) Land trusts. If the applicant is a land trust, the applicant shall provide the applicant land trust’s complete name; the legal name and business address of the trustee of the land trust; the legal name, business addresses and Social Security numbers of each beneficiary of the land trust and the specific interest of each beneficiary in the land trust; and the interest, if any, that the land trust holds in the licensed premises.
(2) Managers. The name, business and home address and telephone number of the individual or individuals who shall be the day-to-day, on-site managers of the junk yard. If the manager is other than the applicant, the applicant shall provide, for each manager, all of the information required pursuant to division (C)(1)(a) of this section and § 110.089(A)(5);
(3) Nature of business. The general character and nature of the business of the applicant;
(4) Time of operation. The length of time that the applicant has been in the business of the character specified in response to division (C)(3) of this section;
(5) Location. The location, including street address and telephone number, of the premises for which the junk yard license is sought;
(6) Name. The specific name of the business that is to be operated under the junk yard license;
(7) Property owner. The identity of each fee simple owner of the licensed premises;
(8) Legal description. The legal description of the premises where the junk yard is to be located and a site plan prepared by a licensed engineer or surveyor, at a scale no greater than one inch: 20 feet, depicting the size and approximate location of each entrance and exit, fire lanes, principal buildings and structures, fencing and screening walls and locations for outside storage of junk;
(9) Other junk yard licenses. The name of each governmental body from which, within five years immediately prior to the date of the present application, the applicant, or any of the individuals identified in the application pursuant to division (C)(1) or (2) above, has received a license or other government authorization to conduct or operate a business substantially the same as a junk yard, and the names and addresses of each business; and
(10) Revocations. Whether the applicant, or any of the individuals identified in the application pursuant to division (C)(1) or (2) above, has had a license or other government authorization to conduct or operate a business substantially the same as a junk yard, revoked or suspended, and, if so, the date and grounds of each revocation or suspension, and the name and location of the junk yard at issue.
(D) Incomplete applications returned. Any application for a junk yard license that does not include all of the information and documents required pursuant to division (C) of this section and the administrative processing fee required pursuant to division (B) of this section, shall be deemed incomplete and shall not be acted on or processed by the city. The official shall, within five days of the submittal of an incomplete application, return the incomplete application to the applicant along with a written explanation of the reasons why the application is incomplete.
(1990 Code, § 14-303) (Ord. 02-2055, passed 7-1-2002; Ord. 09-3263, passed 11-2-2009; Ord. 19-3599, passed 12-2-2019)