4-1-2: STATE SALES TAX PERMIT REQUIRED:

In order to receive a license under this chapter, every person, firm or corporation regulated pursuant to this chapter is required to possess a valid and current state sales tax permit if such person, firm or corporation is a vendor subject to collection of sales taxes under the sales tax code of the city and state. A copy of this permit shall be provided by the applicant to the city clerk prior to issuance of the city license. (2015 Code § 9-101)

4-1-3: PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEE; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; EXPIRATION:

   A.   It is unlawful for any person to engage in, exercise, or pursue any business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege for which a license fee is imposed by section 4-1-1 of this chapter or by any other ordinance or ordinance provision without paying the license fee and securing and possessing a valid license therefor. Such license fee shall be credited to the general fund of the city. Upon making proper application to the city clerk, the payment of the license fee and fulfillment of any other conditions which may be prescribed by law or ordinance, the city clerk shall issue a license therefor.

   B.   Annual licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year; however, the city council, by resolution or motion, may provide for quarterly payments. When an annual license is issued after July 1 for the remainder of the year to a person just beginning to engage in, exercise, or pursue a business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege, the fee collected shall be a fractional part of the annual fee equal to the fraction of the year remaining, with a minimum as set by the city council. (2015 Code § 9-102; amd. 2016 Code)

4-1-4: SEPARATE LICENSES REQUIRED:

Every person who engages in, exercises, or pursues a business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege for which a license is required, at or from more than one place in the city, or who engages in, exercises, or pursues more than one such business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege, shall pay the fee and secure a separate license for each such place or for each such business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege. Businesses housed or located on separate premises shall be considered as separate businesses for the purpose of imposing the fee. (2015 Code § 9-103; amd. 2016 Code)

4-1-5: DUPLICATE LICENSES:

Whenever any license to engage in, exercise, or pursue a business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege has been lost or destroyed without any wrongful act or connivance by the holder, the city clerk, on application, shall issue a duplicate license for the unexpired time. Before the duplicate is issued, the holder shall make and file with the city clerk an affidavit that the license has not been transferred, that it has been lost or destroyed without any wrongful act or connivance by the holder, and that, if believed lost, he has made diligent search for it and has been unable to find it. The fee for every duplicate license issued, payable to the city clerk, shall be set by the city council. (2015 Code § 9-107)

4-1-6: NONTRANSFERABILITY OF LICENSE:

The assignment or transfer of licenses shall not be permitted in the city. (2015 Code § 9-106)

4-1-7: DISPLAY OF LICENSE:

Every holder of a license to engage in, exercise, or pursue a business, profession, trade, occupation, or privilege shall conspicuously display the license at all times in some part of his place of business or activity where a person who has entered the place may readily see it; or, if he has no particular place of business or activity, shall carry the license and shall display it to any person who requests to see it. In lieu of the manner of displaying such licenses provided herein, when licenses are required for coin operated music or amusement devices, vending machines, and similar devices and equipment, the license may be placed on or attached to such device or equipment in such position and manner that it will be clearly visible and shall be so placed or attached if the license so states on its face. It is unlawful to fail or refuse to display the license as required in this section. (2015 Code § 9-104)

4-1-8: ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS:

Before issuing a license to a peddler or solicitor, the city clerk may require of the applicant any reasonable information which he deems desirable to protect the public interest and require compliance with chapter 4 of this title. (2015 Code § 9-101; amd. 2016 Code)