A. License application. Where any provision of this Title requires it, any applicant for a license shall make application on forms provided by the city clerk. The application may require, and the applicant shall provide such information as to enable the city to determine whether the applicant meets the minimum qualifications established in this Code. It shall be unlawful for any person to falsify information in any such application.
B. Criminal background report. Where any provision of this Title requires the results of a current criminal background report, such shall be obtained by the applicant at his expense directly from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and shall include an OSBI criminal history database search, and Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) sex offender registry search and a DOC violent offender registry search. The report is considered current if it is dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the applicant submits a completed application to the city.
C. Driving history report. Where any provision of this Title requires the results of a current driving history report, such shall be obtained by the applicant at his expense directly from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (ODPS) and shall include records for the past three (3) years. The report is considered current if it is dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the applicant submits a completed application to the city. If the applicant does not have a driver's license in the State of Oklahoma, an equivalent report shall be obtained from the applicant's State of Licensure Department of Motor Vehicles and submitted to the city as part of the license approval process.
D. Proof of state or county license or registration. The city may require proof or a copy of a license or registration required by any federal, state or county agency as a prerequisite to any license approval process.
E. City Clerk or designee to issue. All licenses required by this Title shall be issued by the city clerk. No license shall be issued until all conditions prescribed by the applicable laws and regulations of the City of Woodward, State of Oklahoma or United States Federal Government have been met.
F. License record. The city clerk shall keep a record of all licenses issued by him showing the date issued, to whom issued, the period for which the license was issued, the amount paid, the receipt number, and the nature of the license.
G. License issuance and/or revocation. The city clerk may refuse to issue any requested license or revoke any existing license for any of the following causes:
1. Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for the license;
2. Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in the course of conducting business;
3. A violation of any provision of this section or other municipal code violation;
4. Conviction of any crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
5. Conducting business in a manner which constitutes a breach of peace, or a menace to the public health, welfare, or safety;
6. Entering upon any premises or attempting to secure the attention of the owner or occupant of any premises where said owner or occupant has indicated his desire not to be contacted for sales or solicitations by plainly displaying to public view a sign which indicates such persons are not wanted on the premises.
7. Failure to levy, collect, or remit any applicable municipal sales tax to the State Tax Commission.
8. Failure to maintain full compliance with all applicable codes and regulations which may cause the certificate of occupancy to be suspended or revoked. No charge need be brought for suspension or revocation of the certificate of occupancy to occur.
9. Code violations referenced herein may be shown to have occurred by a preponderance of the evidence.
H. Denial or revocation; appeal. Any person whose application for a license required by this Title is denied or whose license has been revoked shall have the right to appeal the denial to the City Commission. Such appeal, unless another procedure is prescribed herein, shall be made within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of the refusal by filing with the city clerk a written request for such appeal, and the Commission shall hear the appeal at its next available meeting.
I. License non-transferable, non-assignable, and non-refundable. No license granted or issued under the provisions of this Title shall be in any manner transferred or assigned. If any person or entity that holds a city license loans or otherwise allows such license to be used by a non-licensed person or entity, such license shall automatically be revoked. No rebate or refund shall be paid for any unexpired portion of any license granted under this Title or of any amount paid at the time of application for any license.
J. Duplicate license. Whenever any license to engage in, exercise or pursue a business, profession, trade, occupation or privilege has been lost or destroyed without any wrongful act or connivance by the holder, the city clerk, on application, shall issue a duplicate license for the unexpired time. Before the duplicate is issued, the holder shall make and file with the city clerk an affidavit that the license has not been transferred, that it has been lost or destroyed without any wrongful act or connivance by the holder, and that, if believed lost, he has made diligent search for it and has not been able to find it. The fee for every duplicate license issued, payable to the city clerk, shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
K. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), plus court costs. Each day upon which a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. (Ord. 1747, 4-17-2023; amd. Ord. 1758, 8-7-2023; Ord. 1759, 8-7-2023)