(A) Every owner maintaining a place of business in the city shall obtain a certificate of registration as a tax collector from the city no later than 30 days after commencing such business.
(B) Application for a certificate of registration shall be made to the city upon forms furnished by him or her. Each such application shall be signed and verified by the applicant or a properly accredited agent, which in the case of a corporation shall include the president, any vice-president, the secretary, the treasurer or some other properly accredited agent acceptable to the Treasurer. The application shall state:
(1) The name of the applicant and the address of the principal place of business.
(2) The residence address of the principal officers and the manager.
(3) The address of the principal place of business from which he or she engages in the business of providing hotel accommodations.
(4) The applicant’s estimated receipts from renters’ use and privilege of renting, leasing or subletting a hotel room within the city.
(5) Such other information as the Finance Director may reasonably require.
(C) Upon receipt of the application for a certificate of registration in proper form, the city shall issue to such applicant a certificate of registration, provided that no certificate of registration shall be issued to any person who is in default to the city for moneys due under this chapter or any other chapter of this code.
(D) If the person so registered states that he or she operates other such places of business in the city, the city shall furnish him with a subcertificate of registration for each place of business. All subcertificates of registration shall bear the same registration number as that appearing upon the certificate of registration to which such subcertificates related.
(E) The certificate of registration shall be conspicuously displayed at the place of business which the person so registered states in his or her application to be the principal place of business from which he or she engages in the business of providing hotel accommodations in this city. A subcertlficate of registration shall be similarly displayed at the place of business to which it relates.
(F) Information supplied on the application required by this section shall be updated within 30 days of any change or alteration thereof upon revision forms supplied by the Finance Director.
(Ord. 13-004, passed 3-6-13; Am. Ord. 18-047, passed 12-5-18) Penalty, see § 119.99