(A) Application and fee. The application for license shall be made to the Chair of the County Board in a form prescribed by the Chair. This application for license shall be accompanied by the annual license fee, which shall be paid to the County of Lake and collected by the Chair of the County Board. All monies received by the Chair under this subchapter shall be promptly paid to the Treasurer of the county and deposited into the General Corporate Fund of the county.
(B) Form of application.
(1) The application shall require the full name, address, and fingerprints of the applicant, including the full names, addresses, and fingerprints of all partners if the applicant is a partnership, and the full names, addresses, and fingerprints of all officers, directors, and stockholders owning 5% or more of the corporate stock if the applicant is a corporation. The application shall also contain such relevant data, including but not limited to individual, partnership, firm, club, association, or corporate records, bills of sale, or information regarding the origin and ownership of the devices and the division of revenues generated by the devices.
(2) The application shall be sworn to under oath, signed by the applicant(s), and notarized. If the applicant is a partnership, firm, association, or club, then the application shall be signed by at least two members. If the applicant is a corporation, then the application shall be signed by at least the president and secretary of the corporation.
(C) Hearing on application. The Chair of the County Board may conduct a hearing on the issue of whether a license shall be issued. The Chair may question the applicant(s) or other persons on any relevant matter.
(D) Restrictions upon issuance.
(1) No license shall be issued hereunder to any person who has been convicted of a felony or who has been convicted of any forcible felony or a crime of moral turpitude as defined by § 124-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or any amendment thereto. No license shall be issued to a partnership where any partner has been so convicted; nor to a corporation where any officer or stockholder owning 5% or more of the corporate stock has been so convicted.
(2) No license shall be issued to any persons, firm, club, association, partnership, or corporation who has violated this subchapter.
(1977 Code, § 3:1) (Ord. passed 5-12-1998; Ord. 20-0419, passed 3-10-2020)