(A) (1) The Council may grant any application for the period of the remainder of the then current calendar year or for the entire ensuing license year. All applications, including proposed license periods, must be consistent with the chapter.
(2) If an application is granted, the City Manager and Records Administrative Secretary shall forthwith issue a license pursuant thereto in the form adopted by resolution of the Council and upon payment of the license fee. All licenses shall be on a calendar year basis unless otherwise specified herein as to particular business. Unless otherwise herein specified, license fees shall be prorated on the basis of 1½ for each calendar month, or part thereof remaining in the then current license year. Licenses shall be valid only at one location and on the premises therein described. The license year for all city licenses shall be from January 1 to December 31, inclusive.
(3) No license shall be transferable between persons. No license shall be transferable to a different location without prior consent of the Council and upon payment of the fee for a duplicate license. It is unlawful to make any transfer in violation of this section.
(4) Licenses shall terminate only by expiration or revocation.
(5) The Council may, in its sole discretion and for any reasonable cause, refuse to grant any application, or revoke any license. No license shall be granted to a person of questionable moral character or business reputation. Before revocation of any license, the Council shall give notice to the licensee and grant the licensee opportunity to be heard. Notice to be given and the exact time of hearing shall be stated in the resolution calling for the hearing.
(6) Duplicates of all original licenses may be issued by the Records Administrative Secretary, without action by the Council, upon licensee's affidavit that the original has been lost, and upon payment of a fee for issuance of the duplicate, the amount of which shall be set by the City Council. All duplicate licenses shall be clearly marked “duplicate.”
(`86 Code, § 4.03) (Am. Ord. 676, passed 4-16-96)
(B) All transient merchants, peddlers and solicitors shall at all times when so engaged, carry their license on their person. All other licensees shall post their licenses in their places of business near the licensed activity. All licensees shall display their licenses upon demand by any officer of citizen.
(`86 Code, § 4.04)