(A) Business registration is effective from July 1 to June 30 of each year. On or before the first day of July of each and every business registration year after the passage of the ordinance incorporated in this subchapter, every person/business, as defined in the ordinance, engaged in a business in the city shall make application to the city upon a form furnished by the city, for a business registration to carry on his or her business for the year in question.
(B) The applications shall be numbered consecutively; they shall have the year for which application for business registration is applied, printed or stamped thereon, and shall contain the following information:
(1) Amount of business registration fee tendered with application;
(2) Signature of applicant or agent making application;
(3) Date of application;
(4) Type of business; and
(5) Any other information the City Manager or City Recorder or City Council deems said application should contain.
(C) The same application standard shall apply for those making application during the business registration year. The City Manager, City Recorder or his or her designee shall be empowered to issue a business registration upon receipt of proper application and appropriate fee paid. If a question arises between the applicant for a business registration and the city, as to fee or otherwise, the same may be referred to the City Council for its determination. This determination may be made by the City Council at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting. The determination of the City Council shall be final. Each business registration issued under the provisions hereof shall at all times be displayed in a conspicuous place in the business. Replacement license costs shall be established by resolution.
(Ord. 1288, passed 4-7-2014) Penalty, see § 110.999