No less than three business days before a license is to be issued, an applicant for the license required by Section 850.01 shall pay a nonrefundable application fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and file with the City Manager a written sworn application signed by the applicant, if the applicant is an individual, or an owner or authorized agent, if the applicant is a business entity. The application shall show the following:
(a) The name of the person managing or supervising the applicant's business and of each person, which such number of persons shall not exceed five, who will be engaged in such business in the Municipality during the time it is to be carried on in the Municipality; the local address of each such person while engaged in such business; the permanent address of each such person; the name and address of the person for whose account the business will be carried on, if any; and, if a corporation or other business entity, the state under whose laws the same is registered;
(b) A photograph or copy of a valid driver's license of each person who will be engaged in such business in the Municipality;
(c) The place in the Municipality where the applicant proposes to carry on the business and the length of time the business will be conducted;
(d) The place, other than the permanent place of business of the applicant, where the applicant, within the six months preceding the date of such application, has conducted any such business;
(e) A statement of the nature, character and quality of the goods, wares, merchandise or services to be sold or offered; the wholesale value and the quality of any such goods, wares and merchandise;
(f) A brief statement of the nature and character of the advertising to be done in order to attract customers. If required by the City Manager, copies of all such advertising, whether by handbill, circular, newspaper advertising or otherwise, shall be attached to the application as exhibits thereto;
(g) Whether or not the person managing or supervising the applicant's business or any person who will be engaged in such business, in the Municipality has been convicted of any crime, or the violation of any Municipal ordinance, or any health or regulatory violation, the nature and location of the offense and the punishment assessed therefore;
(h) Credentials, from the person for whom the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as his or her representative; and
(i) Such other reasonable information as to the identity of the person managing or supervising the applicant's business or the method or plan of doing such business as the City Manager may deem proper to fulfill the purposes of this chapter in the protection of the public good.
The Municipality reserves the right to waive any irregularities associated with the submission of any application.
(Ord. 75-8. Passed 4-7-75; Ord. 11-21. Passed 4-4-11; Ord. 2022-45. Passed 10-3-22.)