(a) Application for license. A verified application for license to conduct a U-Drive rental business signed by a duly authorized person of the licensee shall contain the following information:
(1) Name, address, and principal place of business of the applicant;
(2) If the applicant is a partnership, the names of all partners, including general, special, or limited partners;
(3) If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of all officers and directors;
(4) If the applicant is an association, the names and addresses of all officers and directors;
(5) The name and address of each fixed stand from which the applicant will conduct a U-Drive rental business;
(6) The current registration number of each motor vehicle that is rented, leased, or offered for rent or lease as a U-Drive vehicle;
(7) The name or trade name under which the applicant will conduct the applicant’s U-Drive rental business; and
(8) Whether any applicant, and if such applicant is a partnership, corporation, or association, whether any officer or director thereof, has been convicted in any jurisdiction of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, and if so, and for each conviction, the name of the person convicted, the offense, the date of conviction, the sentence imposed and the court in which the conviction took place.
(b) License required. No person, partnership, corporation, or association shall engage in the U-Drive rental business without first filing an application for license, obtaining a license from the director of budget and fiscal services in compliance with this article and the payment of an annual license fee of $50, the amount to be retained by the city. The license shall be kept in full force and effect so long as the licensee is engaged in the U-Drive rental business.
(c) License not issued to certain persons. No license shall be issued to any person, partnership, corporation, or association, so long as any person whose name is set forth in the application has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within two years before the date of the filing of the application.
(d) Suspension or revocation of license. The director of budget and fiscal services may suspend any license issued under this article upon 10 days’ written notice for the following reasons:
(1) For violation by a licensee of any provision in this article;
(2) Upon the conviction of any person whose name is set forth in the application of any felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude in any jurisdiction; and
(3) Upon the conviction of any agent or employee of a licensee of any felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude in any jurisdiction.
If after an additional 20 days, the licensee has not remedied the grounds for the suspension, the director of budget and fiscal services shall revoke the license. The licensee is then required to reapply for a license as provided in this article.
(Sec. 12-2.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 12, Art. 2, § 12-2.3) (Am. Ord. 92-71)