A. Application Fee And Form: Every person desirous of carrying on, maintaining, pursuing, conducting or transacting any such trade, business, occupation, calling or pursuit shall apply to the city clerk for a license so to do and shall deposit with such application the proper license fee 1 . Such application shall be in substantially the following form:
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST WENDOVER, IN THE COUNTY OF ELKO, STATE OF NEVADA:
Gentlemen:
In accordance with City Ordinance No. , I hereby apply for a license, permitting the carrying on of at No. Street, in the City of West Wendover, such business to begin on the day of , 199 . I hereby state that no business has been carried on at said place by the applicant, , without having first obtained a license so to do; and I hereby promise that if said license is granted, the licensee will comply with all the ordinances of the City now in effect or which may be enacted for the regulation and control of such business, and this promise shall be deemed part of the consideration passing to the City for the granting of such license. License to be issued in the name of . Names of all persons owning an interest in said business, and their respective places of business:
There is herewith enclosed the sum of $ , as license fee, as determined by the provisions of City Ordinance No. .
Applicant
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 199 .
City Clerk or Notary Public
B. Information Required; Investigation: The application shall require the submission of such information as the City Clerk shall find to be reasonably necessary for the fair administration of this Chapter. Upon request of the City Clerk, the Chief of Police may cause an investigation of any applicant for a license under this Chapter 2 and to provide the City Clerk with the information necessary to determine the eligibility of such applicant for a license and the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information supplied by such applicant.
1. The City Clerk shall have the right and power to refuse and deny any applications for a license if the Clerk determines that any one or more of the following exist:
a. The applicant has failed to truthfully and completely fill out and execute under oath the required application forms and supply and provide all information required thereby; or
b. The applicant is not an individual of good moral character and business responsibility or has been convicted of any felony or any offense against the decency and morals of any community or has been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude; or
c. The application contains any false, fraudulent or misleading material statements or information; or
d. The applicant or any agent, employee, officer, director, stockholder or other representative thereof has at any time had a business license for the same or a similar business suspended, cancelled or revoked; or
e. The business for which the license is applied for is unlawful under any ordinance, code, rule or law of the City, State or Federal government; or
f. The business to be licensed involves any act, the commission of, or the permitting or causing the commission of, in the operation of such business is made unlawful or is prohibited by any ordinance, rule, code or law of the City, State or Federal government.
2. Upon any refusal or denial of an application, the City Clerk shall notify the applicant and state in writing the reasons therefor and deliver them to the applicant personally or mail them to the applicant at the address indicated on the application.
3. When any application is denied or the issuance of a license is denied, such applicant shall not engage in the business for which the license or application was refused unless a license be issued to such applicant pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction ordering the same or the denial is overruled in the appeal procedure by the City Council. (Ord. 91-15, 6-4-1991)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See section 3-1-4 of this chapter. |
| 2 | 2. See also Section 3-1-12 of this Chapter. |
| 3 | 1. See also Section 3-1-13 of this Chapter. |