(A) All city licenses not required by state law, the City Charter, this code or other ordinance to be issued by some other city officer or by the City Council shall be issued by the City Clerk; and all licenses which are required to be issued by the City Council shall, upon final approval by the Council of the applications for the licenses, be issued administratively by the City Clerk, for the Council, in his or her capacity as secretary of the Council.
(B) For the purposes of this chapter, the term LICENSE OFFICER shall mean the City Clerk or other city officer having authority to issue the particular city license to which term is applicable.
(1973 Code, § 15-2)