(A) License year. Except as otherwise herein provided as to certain licenses, the license year shall begin May 1 of each year and shall terminate at midnight on April 30 of the following year. Original licenses shall be issued for the balance of the license year at the full license fee. License applications for license renewals shall be accepted and licenses issued for a period of 15 days prior to the annual expiration date. In all cases where the provisions of this subchapter permit the issuance licenses for periods of less than one year, the effective date of the licenses shall commence with the date of issuance thereof.
(B) Formal application required. Every person required to procure a license under the provisions of any ordinance or law of the city shall submit an application for the license to the City Clerk. The application shall:
(1) Form of application. Be a written statement upon forms provided by the City Clerk; the form shall include an affidavit, to be sworn, to by the applicant before a notary public of this state;
(2) Contents of application. Require the disclosure of all information necessary to compliance with § 110.006 and of any other information, which the City Clerk shall find to be reasonably necessary to the fair administration of this subchapter;
(3) Payment of fees. Be accompanied by the full amount of the fees chargeable for the license; and
(4) Issuance fee. Be accompanied by the payment of an issuance fee to be set from time to time by proper resolution of the City Council.
(C) Issuance of receipts. Whenever a license cannot be issued at the time the application for the same is made, the City Treasurer shall issue a receipt to the applicant for the money paid in advance, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The receipt shall not be construed as the approval of the City Clerk for the issuance of a license; and
(2) Nor shall it entitle or authorize the applicant to open or maintain any business contrary to the provisions of this subchapter.
(D) Renewal license procedure. The applicant for the renewal of a license shall submit an application for the license to the City Clerk. The application shall:
(1) Form of application. Be a written statement upon forms provided by the City Clerk; the form shall include an affidavit, to be sworn to by the applicant before a notary public of this state; and
(2) Contents. Require the disclosure of any information concerning the applicant's demeanor and the conduct and operation of applicant's business during the preceding licensing period as is reasonably necessary to, the determination by the City Clerk of the applicant's eligibility for a renewal license and to a possible adjustment of license fee.
(E) Duplicate license procedure. A duplicate license or special permit shall be issued by the City Clerk to replace any license previously issued which has been lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed, without any willful conduct on the part of the licensee, upon the filing by the licensee of an affidavit sworn to before a notary public of this state attesting to the fact and the paying to the Treasurer of a fee to be set from time to time by proper resolution of the City Council.
(F) Non-approval of license.
(1) Non-approval. All fees paid in advance by the applicant are non-refundable.
(2) Compliance pending legal action. When the issuance of a license is denied and any action instituted by the applicant to compel, its issuance, the applicant shall not engage in the business for which the license was refused unless a license be issued to him or her pursuant to a judgment ordering the same.
(G) Late renewals. All fees for the renewal of any license which are not paid at the time the fees shall be due, shall be paid as late fees with an additional 50% of the license fee required for the license under the subchapter for the first 15 days that the license fee remains unpaid and for each additional day thereafter a fee of not less than $1 per day shall be assessed. The daily fee shall be set by Council annually.
(Ord. 396, passed 1-29-1981; Am. Ord., passed 9-8-2020) Penalty, see §
110.999