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§ 110.04 SIGNATURES.
   (A)   Each license or permit issued shall bear the signature of the Mayor and Clerk in the absence of any provision to the contrary.
   (B)   Upon the receipt of an application for a license or permit where the ordinance of the city necessitates an inspection or investigation before the issuance of such permit or license, the City Clerk shall refer such application to the proper officer for making such investigation within 48 hours of the time of such receipt. The officer charged with the duty of making an investigation or inspection shall make a report thereon, favorable or otherwise, within ten days after receiving the application or a copy thereof. The Health Officer shall make or cause to be made an investigation in regard to such licenses in connection with the care and handling of food and the prevention of nuisances and the spread of disease, for the protection of health; and the Superintendent of Public Works shall make or cause to be made any such inspections relative to the construction of buildings or other structures. All other investigations, except where otherwise provided, shall be made by the Chief of Police or some other officer designated by the Mayor.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-4)
§ 110.05 FEES.
   In the absence of provision to the contrary, all fees and charges for licenses or permits shall be paid in advance at the time application therefor is made to the City Clerk. When an applicant has not engaged in the business until after the expiration of part of the current license year, the license fee shall be prorated by quarters and the fee paid for each quarter or fraction thereof during which the business has been or will be pursued. Except as otherwise provided, all license fees shall become a part of the corporate fund.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-5)
§ 110.06 TERMINATION OF LICENSES.
   (A)   All annual licenses shall terminate on the last day of the fiscal year of the city, where no provision to the contrary is made.
   (B)   The City Clerk shall mail to all licensees of the city a statement at the time of the expiration of the license held by the licensee. If the license is an annual one, the statement shall be mailed three weeks prior to the date of such expiration; provided, that a failure to send out such notice, or the failure of the licensee to receive it, shall not excuse the licensee from a failure to secure a new license, or a renewal thereof, nor shall it be a defense in action for operation without a license.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-6)
§ 110.07 BUILDING AND PREMISES.
   No license shall be issued for the conduct of any business and no permit shall be issued for any thing or act, if the premises and building to be used for the purpose do not fully comply with the requirements of the ordinances of the city. No such license or permit shall be issued for the conduct of any business or performance of any act which would involve a violation of the zoning ordinances of the city.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-7)
§ 110.08 CHANGE OF LOCATION.
   The location of any licensed business or occupation, or of any permitted act, may be changed, provided ten days’ notice thereof is given to the City Clerk, in the absence of any provision to the contrary, provided that the building, zoning and frontage consent requirements of the ordinances are complied with.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-8)
§ 110.09 LOCATION REQUIREMENTS; FRONTAGE CONSENTS DEFINED.
   (A)   No person, firm or corporation shall locate, build, construct, operate or maintain any business or structure of any kind, for which frontage consents are required, in any block in the city where a majority of the houses abutting on both sides of the street in the block are used exclusively for residence purposes, without having first secured the written consent of the owners of a majority of the frontage abutting on such street on both sides within such block.
   (B)   The term BLOCK as used in this section shall be construed to mean and include that portion of the street between the two intersections with other public streets nearest the specified location on each side; provided that if, on either or both sides of such location there is not an intersection within 300 feet of the center of the specified location, the block shall be considered as terminating at a point 300 feet from such center. The term STREET as used in this section shall be construed to mean and include such highways as have been dedicated either by common law or statutory dedication as public streets and are actually in use as such; and the term STREET shall not be construed to include or mean merely service highways which are commonly known as alleys.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-9) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 110.10 FRONTAGE CONSENTS.
   (A)   Whenever the consent of adjoining neighboring owners is required as a prerequisite to the conduct of business, such consents must be obtained by securing the necessary signatures to a written consent petition. Such petition shall be filed with the City Clerk when signed.
   (B)   Consents once given and filed shall not be withdrawn, and such petitions need not be renewed for the continuous conduct of the same business, whether by the same proprietor or not.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful to forge any name to any such petition or to falsely represent that the names thereon have been properly placed thereon if such is not the fact.
   (D)   Each consent when filed shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the person securing the signatures that each signature appearing therein was properly secured and written on, and that the petition contains the necessary number of signatures required by ordinance.
   (E)   The frontage consent requirements contained in this code shall not be construed to amend or change any zoning ordinance provision of the city; and no such provision shall be construed as permitting the erection of a structure or building, or the conduct of a business or the commission of any act, in any location where such structure, building, business or act is or are prohibited by any zoning ordinance of the city.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 110.11 NUISANCES.
   No business, licensed or not, shall be so conducted or operated as to amount to a nuisance in fact.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-11) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 110.12 INSPECTION.
   (A)   Whenever inspections of the premises used for or in connection with the operation of a licensed business or occupation are provided for or required by ordinance, or are reasonably necessary thereto to secure compliance with any ordinance provision or to detect violations thereof, it shall be the duty of the licensee, or the person in charge of the premises to be inspected, to admit thereto for the purpose of making the inspection any officer or employee of the city who is authorized or directed to make such inspection at any reasonable time that admission is requested.
   (B)   Whenever an analysis of any commodity or material is reasonably necessary to secure conformance with any ordinance provision or to detect violations thereof, it shall be the duty of the licensee of the city whose business is governed by the provision to give any authorized officer or employee of the city requesting the same sufficient samples of such material or commodity for such analysis upon request.
   (C)   In addition to any other penalty which may be provided, the Mayor and City Council may revoke the license of any licensed proprietor of any licensed business in the city who refuses to permit any such officer or employee who is authorized to make such inspection or take such sample to make the inspection, or take an adequate sample of the said commodity, or who interferes with such officer or employee while in the performance of his or her duty in making such inspection, provided that no license shall be revoked for such cause unless written premises, in the name of the city, stating that such inspection or sample is desired at the time it is sought to make the inspection or to obtain the sample.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-12) Penalty, see § 10.99
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