(A) If any licensee sells his or her place of business, the purchaser thereof may be granted a license to operate the same business, providing he or she has complied with the requirements and possesses the qualifications specified by the Board of County Commissioners. Any prospective purchasers of a business licensed pursuant to this chapter may petition the Commission for a determination of his or her fitness and eligibility to be granted a license as herein provided; and, when such a determination is favorable to the petitioner, he or she shall thereafter be granted such a license upon making application therefor and submitting proper proof of his or her purchase of said business to the Board of County Commissioners within 60 days after filing his or her original petition; except that, no such license shall be issued to any applicant whose eligibility therefor shall have been terminated by the discovery of grounds for his or her disqualification subsequent to this original petition.
(B) The current license fee to be paid by such purchaser shall be payable in advance in the following amounts:
(1) All of the required annual license fee if such license is issued on or before March 31 of the license year hereinabove set forth;
(2) Three-fourths of the required annual license fee if such license is issued after March 31 and on or before June ;30;
(3) One-half of the required annual license fee if such license is issued after June 30 and on or before September 30; and
(4) One-fourth of the required annual license fee if such license is issued after September 30 and on or before December 31.
(Ord. 1983-1, passed 2-22-1983)