Ordinances-1979-85

SECTION V. Application for License. An application in writing shall be filed with the city clerk for a license under this ordinance. Such application shall set forth the applicant's name, permanent and local address, business address, if any, physical description, recent photograph, right thumb print, and, unless a solicitor, be accompanied by a certificate that the applicant is in good health and free from contagious diseases, signed by a local physician. The application also shall set forth the applicant's employer, if any, and the employer's address, the nature of the applicant's business, the last three (3) places of such business, and the length of time sought to be covered by the license. A fee of $2.00 shall be paid at the time of filing such application to cover the cost of investigating the facts stated therein. SECTION VI. Issuance of License. If the city clerk finds the application is made out in conformance with Section V of this ordinance and the facts stated therein are correct, he shall issue, upon posting of bond as required by Section VIII of this ordinance, a license and charge a fee therefor as determined by Section VII of this ordinance. SECTION VII. Fees. Every licensee shall pay the following fee before a license shall be issued. 1. "Solicitors". In addition to investigating fee for each person actually soliciting (principal or agent), a fee for the principal...$30.00 per year. 2. "Peddlers of transient merchants". a. For one day - $30.00 b. For one week - $50.00 c. For up to six months - $100.00 d. For one year or major part thereof - $250.00 3. For longer than one month all fees shall be computed by first computing the monthly fee, then the weekly fee, then the daily fee, and the sum of these fees shall be fee charged. SECTION VIII. Bond Required. Before a license under this ordinance shall be issued, each applicant shall post a bond of $250.00 with the city clerk. Such a bond shall be conditioned to indemnify and pay the city for any penalties or costs occasioned by the enforcement of this ordinance, and shall not be retired until after a lapse of 30 days from the expiration of each license. SECTION IX. Display of License. Each solicitor or peddler shall at all times while doing business in this city keep in his possession the license provided for in SECTION VI of this ordinance, and shall, upon the request of prospective customers, exhibit the license as evidence that he had complied with all requirements of this ordinance. Each transient merchant shall display publicly his license in his place of business. SECTION X. License Not Transferable. Licenses issued under the provisions of this ordinance are not transferable in any situation and are to be applicable only to the person filing the application. SECTION XI. Renovation of License. The city council, after notice and hearing, may revoke any license issued under this ordinance where the licensee in the application for the license or in the course of conducting his business has made fraudulent or incorrect statements or has violated this ordinance or has otherwise conducted his business in an unlawful manner. SECTION XII. Expiration of License. All licenses granted under this ordinance shall expire at 12:00 a.m. of the last day for which the license is issued.