(A) Any person desiring to engage in the business, or the operation, or carrying on any of the businesses, trades or professions mentioned in § 112.02 shall, before engaging in the business, trade, profession, occupation or calling, file an application for a license addressed to the Tax Collector. The application shall be in writing and shall set forth the following:
(1) Name and address of the applicant; if the applicant be a corporation, the address or addresses of the corporation; and
(2) Qualifications must be plainly stated and must be submitted together with required exhibits attached to the application.
(B) Upon receipt of the application for a county license prescribed by this chapter, the Tax Collector, if satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant, as set forth in § 112.21, under the provisions of this section, and if satisfied as to the correctness of the information contained in the application, shall issue a county license to the applicant to engage in the business, trade, employment or profession in the name of and at the place set out in the application. If the Tax Collector shall not be satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant or the correctness of the information, or of his or her good moral character, or the good moral character of the person designated by the applying corporation as the operator or manager, if the applicant is a corporation, he or she shall not issue the license. If the license is denied, the applicant may appeal to the Board of Commissioners, where the applicant shall be given an opportunity to appear and be heard. Upon appeal, the Board of Commissioners may refuse to authorize the issuance of a license unless the Board of Commissioners shall be satisfied that the applicant or the proposed manager is a person of good moral character and a fit and proper person to conduct the business.
(C) No person shall willfully make any false statement in an application for a license under any section of this chapter.
(1984 Code, § 2-7-76) (Ord. passed 5-7-1973) Penalty, see § 10.99