The application for a business license to conduct the business of operating and maintaining an auto transportation service within the city shall be accompanied by a license fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). If the application for a license is denied, one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) of the license fee submitted with the application shall be refunded to the applicant. The license fee required in this section and the license itself shall expire December 31 of each year. A renewal of such license shall be issued by the city clerk each year upon payment of the license fee for that succeeding calendar year, proof that the licensee has complied with the safety inspection requirement contained in this chapter for each vehicle which he operates and certification by the applicant that he possesses all of the qualifications and none of the disqualifications applicable for the granting of any initial license. (Ord. 757 § 3, 2000; Ord. 586 § 2, 1991; Ord. 456 § 5, 1982)