(A) (1) A person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the business of a resident, transient or itinerant photographer within the city shall make application to the City Clerk for a license so to do, and shall state, in an application, the place or places, where he or she has resided for the last preceding year, his or her occupation and employment during the period, the period of time he or she desires to engage in business in the city, and the number of persons employed, to be employed by him or her or with him or her or with whom he or she will be associated, in carrying on business in the city.
(2) The applicant shall deposit with the application the proper license fee therefor.
(B) A resident photographer’s license may only be issued to an applicant who either presents sufficient evidence that he or she has been in fact a resident photographer for the year immediately preceding or posts a bond with the City Clerk, with surety to be approved by the Mayor, in the amount of $1,000, conditioned that, in case he or she should not maintain a studio or other place of business within the city, for six months or more in the year, he or she will make full payment to the City Clerk of the license fee required if transient or itinerant photographers, as the case may be, for the period of time elapsing between the date of issuance of his or her resident photographer’s license and the time the photographer shall discontinue the business.
(C) Each transient or itinerant photographer shall also deposit with the City Clerk a bond with surety to be approved by the Mayor, in the sum of $1,000 conditioned upon the faithful performance by the applicant of all contracts entered into with residents of the city for the taking, finishing and sale of photographs.
(Ord. 618, passed 6-22-1948; Am. Ord. 623, passed 9-28-1948)