(A) Any person desiring to produce, present, conduct, operate, or offer for gain or profit any of the foregoing classes of amusements at any place within the city shall make application in writing to the City Clerk, and shall set forth therein a description of the place where it is proposed to produce, present, conduct, operate, or offer such amusement, a description of the kind and class of entertainment to be offered, the highest price to be charged for admission thereto, and the seating capacity of such place. When such application shall have been signed by the applicant, the Mayor shall make, or cause to be made, an examination of such place, and if all of the provisions of this code relating to the giving of entertainments, and of the location, construction, and maintenance of the places within which such entertainments are given are complied with, the Mayor shall issue, or cause to be issued, a license to such applicant attested by the Clerk, which shall entitle the licensee to conduct, produce, present, operate, or offer the certain class of amusement at the place designated in the application for the period of time specified in such license, upon the payment of the license fee hereinafter specified.
(B) Each individual applicant for a license hereunder, or one of the partners of a partnership applicant, or one of the officers of a corporate applicant, shall fill out and subscribe a form provided by the Clerk which shall include answers and information on the following points: name, residence, citizenship, including the citizenship of officers of a corporation, and whether or not the applicant was ever convicted of a felony or misdemeanor; such statement, together with the application, shall be transmitted to the Mayor by the Clerk.
(‘63 Code, § 5-3-2)