Upon a person making an application for the first business tax certificate to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or for a newly established business, such person shall furnish to the Collector a sworn statement, upon a form provided by the Collector, setting forth the following information:
(a) The exact nature or kind of business for which a business tax certificate is requested;
(b) The place where such business is to be carried on and, if the same is not to be carried on at any permanent place of business, the places of residence of the owners of the business;
(c) In the event an application is made for the issuance of a business tax certificate to a corporation or a partnership, the application shall set forth the names and places of residence of the officers and partners thereof;
(d) In the event an application is made for the issuance of a business tax certificate to a person doing business under a fictitious name, the application shall set forth the names and places of residence of those owning the business;
(e) In all cases where the amount of business tax to be paid is measured by gross receipts, the application shall set forth such information as may be therein required and as may be necessary to determine the amount of the business tax to be paid by the applicant; and
(f) Any further relevant information which the Collector may require to enable him to issue the type of business tax certificate applied for.
If the amount of the business tax to be paid by the applicant is measured by gross receipts, he shall estimate the gross receipts for the period to be covered by the business tax certificate to be issued. Such estimate, if accepted by the Collector as reasonable, shall be used in determining the amount of business tax to be paid by the applicant.
The Collector shall not issue to any such person another business tax certificate for the same or any other business until such person shall have furnished to the Collector the sworn statement and paid the business tax required by the provisions of this chapter.
(§ 2, Ord. 176-NS, eff. December 4, 1970)