Application for a license shall be made to the City Clerk, and shall contain the name or names of the applicant, and the place proposed to be operated by him. This application shall be referred by the City Clerk to a committee appointed by the Mayor and said committee shall investigate as to the moral character of the applicant and also as to where the business is proposed to be carried on. If the report of the committee is favorable in all respects, the committee shall authorize the City Clerk to issue to the applicant a license upon the payment of such fees as shall from time to time be established by resolution of the City Council. The license shall be good for one year from date of the license. No person now carrying on a business requiring such license shall be allowed to continue such business until he has obtained a license and designation of place of business hereunder. There shall be a six foot high fence around all junk yards within the city.
(Ord. 107, passed 10-4-37) Penalty, see § 10.99