(A) Information required.
(1) Every applicant for a local business tax receipt to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer shall file with the Director of Financial Services or his/her designee a written application upon a form prepared and provided by the city, signed by the applicant. The local business tax shall be as follows:
(a) For businesses which transact less than $5,000 a year worth of business in secondhand goods, $250.
(b) For businesses which transact from $5,000 to $10,000 a year worth of business in secondhand goods, $500.
(c) For businesses which transact more than $10,000 a year worth of business in secondhand goods, $1,500.
(2) The local business tax receipt shall be in effect for a period of one year unless otherwise revoked. Every application for a local business tax receipt to engage in the business of a secondhand dealer shall be signed and acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths. Such application shall state:
(a) The names and residences of the applicant, if an individual, partnership or firm, or the names of the directors and officers and their residences, if the applicant is an association or corporation.
(b) The length of time such applicant, if an individual or partnership, or the manager or person in charge, if the applicant is an association or corporation, has resided at his current residence his place of previous employment whether he has been convicted of a felony, and if so, what offense, when, and in what court.
(c) Whether the applicant or officers or manager of the applicant has been employed by a secondhand dealer or has been a secondhand dealer.
(d) The detailed nature of the business to be conducted and the kind of materials to be collected, bought, sold or otherwise handled.
(e) The premises where such business is to be located or carried on.
(f) That the applicant accepts the local business tax receipt, if granted, upon the condition that it will be suspended by the Chief of Police upon conviction of any offense enumerated in § 121.03(A).
(g) That the applicant accepts the local business tax receipt, if granted on the condition that it accepts the right of a city law enforcement officer to inspect his/her premises in accordance with the terms of § 121.08.
(B) Numbering and contents. All local business tax receipts issued under this chapter shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued and shall state clearly the location of the secondhand business, the date of issuance and expiration of the local business tax receipt, and the name and address of the local business tax receipt. Such local business tax receipt shall designate the place of business in or from which the secondhand dealer receiving the local business tax receipt shall be authorized to carry on such business. Such local business tax receipt is in addition to any other license required by applicable law.
('72 Code, § 19-138) (Ord. O-81-17, passed 3-4-81; Am. Ord. O-81-33, passed 5-20-81; Am. Ord. O-87-01, passed 1-21-87; Am. Ord. O-2007-07, passed 4-18-07)