(a) Issuance. If the Recorder determines that all conditions precedent to the granting of the license have been fulfilled, he shall issue to the applicant a license.
(b) Contents. Every license shall contain the name of the applicant, the specific location of the private club, the effective and termination dates of the license, the date issued and the signature of the Recorder.
(c) Duration. All licenses issued shall be for a period of one year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. However, in the event operation of a private club is begun after July 1 of any year, a license effective until the following June 30 shall be issued upon the payment of the fee hereinafter designated.
(d) Posting. Every person to whom a license is issued under the provisions of this article shall keep the license posted in a conspicuous position in the place where the private club is operated. The certificate of license shall be produced for inspection whenever required by any police officer or other proper City official.
(e) Assignment. Any license may be assigned in the manner set out in this section to any person to whom it might have been originally granted, and in the event of the death of the licensee, the license may be assigned by his personal representative in like manner and with like effect as might have been done by the licensee himself. A memorandum of the same shall be endorsed on the face of the certificate of license by the assignor, and the memorandum attested by the Recorder. If the assignee would have been subject to a greater fee than the assignor had the license originally been granted to him, the assignment shall be valid only after the payment of the difference between the two fees.
(f) Change of Location. Any license may be altered in the manner set out in this section so as to permit removal of the private club to another location within the City if it might have been originally granted under the altered conditions. A memorandum of the same shall be endorsed on the face of the license by the holder and attested by the Recorder. If the holder would have been subject to a greater fee at the date of issuance than he actually paid had the license originally been granted to be exercised at the proposed altered location, the alteration shall be valid only after the payment of the difference between the two fees.
(g) Revocation. Any license may be revoked, or any of the terms and conditions of its issuance altered by Council, upon written petition of any interested person or upon its own motion, if a showing is made of violation by the licensee of any of the terms or conditions of the license, or of any of the provisions of this article. Ten days written notice of the proposed revocation and the privilege of being heard shall be given the licensee. In the event the license is revoked, any fee paid on account thereof shall be forfeited to the City.
(h) Effect. Nothing in this article and no payment or issuance of any license under the provisions hereof shall be deemed to legalize any act which otherwise may be in violation of any ordinance or law, or to exempt any person from any penalty prescribed for such violation. (12-8-77)