(A) Applicants for a license under this subchapter shall file a sworn application, in writing, with the Business License Commissioner, signed by the applicant if an individual, by all partners if a partnership, by all members of a joint venture or association and by the president of a corporation.
(B) The application shall indicate:
(1) The name of the person having the management or supervision of the applicant’s business;
(2) The local address of the person while engaged in the business;
(3) The permanent address of the person;
(4) The capacity in which the person will act, that is, whether as proprietor, agent or otherwise;
(5) If a corporation, other than a state corporation, the laws of the state that the same is incorporated under;
(6) The place in the city where it is proposed that the applicant’s business will be conducted;
(7) A brief statement of the nature and character of the advertising done or proposed to be done in order to attract customers;
(8) Credentials from the person for whom or which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as a representative;
(9) Whether or not the person having management or supervision of the applicant’s business has been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense and the punishments assessed therefor; and
(10) The place, other than the permanent place of business of the applicant, where the applicant, within the six months prior to the current application, conducted a previous business in secondhand or used personal goods, stating the nature thereof and giving the street address of any building or office in which the business was conducted.
(11) Applicants shall provide the Community Development Department with a plot plan or plat of survey prepared by a registered engineer or land surveyor illustrating the nearest lender and single-family residential parcel/lot line and the distances between each.
(12) Prior to license approval, the applicant must submit any zoning approvals that are required by the City Zoning Ordinance.
(13) Applicant must submit an original criminal record history from the State of Illinois for each owner/partner/principal corporate officers (if a corporation).
(2000 Code, § 5.50.040) (Am. Ord. 2014-05-0493O, passed 5-27-2014)