(A) Application(s) for license(s) issued hereunder shall be in a manner and form as directed by the collector, provided, all such applications shall have the approval of the officer, agent or employee in charge of the department.
(B) The following departments or agencies are authorized to review business license applications for compliance with other applicable ordinances and statutes before issuance of any business license:
1. Police;
2. Fire;
3. Building;
4. Code Enforcement;
5. Health;
6. Planning;
7. Finance.
(C) No business license shall be issued to conduct, maintain or operate any business in the City unless the location of the business is within a proper zone as indicated by title VI of this code. A business license may be withheld, or otherwise denied, if it is determined that:
1. The application is incomplete;
2. The application contains false information;
3. The building, structure, premises, or the equipment used to conduct the business activity fails to comply with all applicable health, zoning, fire, building and safety, or nuisance prevention laws of the State or of the City; or
4. There are fees, fines, or other penalties owing the City in connection with the business activity including the building, structure, premises, or the equipment used to conduct the business activity.
However, the collector may approve a business permit and condition its operative date upon the later submission by the applicant a certificate of occupancy issued by the Building Department or other satisfactory evidence that the business activity is then in compliance with all such applicable laws or proof of payment of such fees, fines, or other penalties.
(D) Nothing in this chapter shall require the collector to issue a business license to any applicant. If any applicant has had a business license revoked or suspended pursuant to this chapter, the collector may deny a business license to any business operated under the same name, same entity or by the same officers, managers or individuals responsible for or owning the business for which a license has been revoked or suspended regardless of any name change, change in management or conveyance of the business to another person or entity. (Ord. 621-94, 12-20-1994; amd. Ord. 852-23, 7-18-2023)