(A) Approval. The Council may approve any application for the period of the remainder of the then current calendar year or for the entire upcoming license year. All applications, including proposed license periods, must be consistent with this chapter.
(B) Issuing. If an application is approved, the City Administrator shall issue a license in the form prescribed by the Council, upon payment of the appropriate license fee, and receipt of an acceptable bond or insurance, if required. All licenses shall be issued on a calendar year basis unless otherwise specified herein. If issued for less than a calendar year, license fees shall be pro-rated on the basis of 1/12 for each calendar month or part thereof remaining in the license calendar year with a minimum license fee equal to ½ of the annual license fee regardless of the length of the license period. Except as to licenses which are specifically city-wide, licenses shall be valid only at one location and on the premises therein described.
(C) Transfer. Unless otherwise provided herein, no license shall be transferable between persons or to a different location without City Council approval. It is unlawful to make any transfer in violation of this division.
(D) Termination. Licenses shall terminate by expiration, failure to renew or revocation.
(E) Refusal and revocation. The Council may, for any reasonable cause, refuse to grant any application, renew an application, or revoke any license. No license shall be granted to a person of questionable moral character or business reputation. Before revocation of any license, the Council, at a public hearing, shall grant the licensee, and other interested persons, the opportunity to be heard. The city shall provide written notice via certified mail of the date and time of hearing. Grounds for revocation may be, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(1) That the licensee permitted illegal acts upon licensed premises;
(2) That the licensee had knowledge of the illegal acts but failed to report the same to police;
(3) That the licensee failed or refused to cooperate fully with police in investigating the alleged illegal acts; or
(4) That 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 resolution of the Council for issuance of the duplicate. All duplicate licenses shall be clearly marked “DUPLICATE”.
(Prior Code, § 6.03)