(A) Granting. The Council may grant any application for the period of the remainder of the then current calendar year or for the entire ensuing license year. Failure to pay any portion of a fee when due shall be cause for revocation. No license fee shall be refundable upon revocation or voluntarily ceasing to carry on the licensed activity. All applications, including proposed license periods, must be consistent with this title.
(B) Issuing. If an application is approved, the City Administrator shall forthwith issue a license pursuant thereto in the form prescribed by the Council, payment of the appropriate license fee and approval of the bond or insurance as to form and surety or carrier, if required. All licenses shall be on a calendar year basis unless otherwise specified herein as to particular businesses. Except as to licenses which are specifically citywide, licenses shall be valid only at one location and on the premises therein described.
(C) Transfer. No license shall be transferable between persons. Any change in individual ownership, incorporation or substitution of partners is a transfer. No license shall be transferable to a different location without prior consent of the Council and upon payment of the fee for a duplicate license. It is unlawful to make any transfer in violation of this division (C).
(D) Termination. Licenses shall terminate only by expiration or revocation.
(E) Refusal and revocation. The Council may, for any reasonable cause, refuse to grant any application or revoke any license. Before revocation of any license, the Council shall give notice to the licensee and grant the licensee opportunity to be heard. Notice to be given and the exact time of hearing shall be stated in the ordinance calling for the hearing. Grounds for revocation may be, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(1) The licensee suffered or permitted illegal acts upon licensed premises;
(2) The licensee had knowledge of illegal acts of this type, but failed to report the same to police;
(3) The licensee failed or refused to cooperate fully with police in investigating alleged illegal acts of this type; or
(4) The activities of the licensee created a serious danger to public health, safety or welfare.
(F) Duplicate license. Duplicates of all original licenses may be issued by the City Administrator, without action by the Council, upon licensee’s affidavit that the original has been lost and upon payment of a fee in an amount adopted by ordinance of the Council for issuance of the duplicate. All duplicate licenses shall be clearly marked “Duplicate”.
(2004 Code, § 110.03) Penalty, see § 10.99