Whenever in any ordinance it is provided that a license be obtained
before engaging upon any act or in any specified business, trade or occupation
or before providing services for payment or hire for the convenience, comfort
or entertainment of others or for any other designated purpose, it shall be
a violation hereof for any person to engage upon or undertake any activity
or enterprise thus specified until a license has been issued to him in compliance
with the provisions of this article and of any other applicable ordinance.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, every applicant for a license
shall file a statement with the Village Clerk, which statement shall be signed
and sworn to by the applicant in person if an individual, by all partners
if a partnership and by the president or duly authorized officer if a corporation,
showing:
A.
Name. The name of the applicant.
B.
Business address. His business address.
C.
Home address. His home address if he is a natural person.
D.
Age. If his age is 21 years or less and if less, his
precise age.
E.
Purpose. The precise purpose for which the license is
sought.
F.
Location of licensed premises. The place within the Village
where the licensee will engage in the licensed activity or enterprise.
G.
Criminal history. Whether or not the applicant or, in
the case of a corporation, whether any officer or director thereof has been
convicted of a crime or violation of any ordinance of the Village and, if
so, the nature of such offense and the penalty assessed therefor.
H.
Credentials from principal. Satisfactory credentials
from his principal if the applicant is to act as an agent.
I.
References. References or letters of recommendation by
at least three reputable businessmen or property owners of the Village such
as will establish, to the satisfaction of the Mayor, the good character and
business responsibility of the applicant.
J.
Other data. Any other data necessary to meet the requirements
of any ordinance by provisions of which the license sought is required.
Whenever, by the terms of any ordinance, a bond is required to protect
the Village or any other person against loss because of the fault or default
of a licensee, no license shall be issued until a bond in the full amount
specified and in form approved by the Village Counsel has been filed with
the Village Clerk and the fact of its filing, the amount of its coverage and
the date of its expiration has been noted on the license.
[Amended 11-26-1973]
All licenses issued on an annual basis shall expire on the 31st day
of July of each year unless a different expiration date is set forth in a
specific section of this Code. The precise date of expiration shall be clearly
marked upon each temporary license.
All licenses shall be issued by the Mayor to such persons as he shall
deem fit and proper upon an evaluation of their qualifications and upon compliance
of the applicant with the provisions of this article or any other applicable
ordinance; however, licenses for circuses, theaters or other exhibitions or
performances, the keeping of billiard or poolrooms, bowling alleys, shooting
galleries and other similar places of amusements for money or hire or the
giving of exhibitions, performances or entertainments at any place within
the Village or the use of mechanically operated amusement devices shall be
refused when, in the judgment of the Mayor, they shall be likely to disturb
the peace and order of the Village or be immoral or improper.
Any applicant who has been refused a license by the Mayor may apply
for its issuance to the Board of Trustees at a meeting thereof, and the same
may be granted or refused by the Board.
Every license issued shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned
by the Village Clerk, who shall keep a record thereof and the amount of fee
to be paid therefor.
No license shall be effective until the fee therefor, as established
by the Board of Trustees, shall have been paid to the Treasurer, who shall
endorse his receipt of the fee upon each license which is presented to him
properly signed and countersigned and accompanied by the amount of the fee.
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this article or any
other ordinance may be revoked by the Mayor, after notice and hearing, for
any of the following causes:
A.
Fraud or false statement in the application for the license.
B.
Fraud or false statement in connection with the carrying
out of the business, activity or enterprise for which the license was issued.
C.
Any violation of a term of this article or of any other
ordinance under whose provisions the license was issued.
D.
Conviction of the licensee of any crime.
E.
Carrying out the licensed business, enterprise or activity
in an unlawful manner or in such a way as to breach the peace or constitute
a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the public.
F.
Carrying out the licensed business, enterprise or activity
in such manner that the same disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
G.
Any transfer or assignment of the license to any person,
except upon written consent of the Mayor, upon due application and the presentation
of information concerning the proposed transferee's qualifications, similar
to those furnished by the original applicant.
Unless specifically provided otherwise, any license duly issued may be renewed upon application by the licensee and accompanied by the appropriate fee and a continuance or renewal of bonds as provided in § 138-3 hereof.
Every person to whom a license or permit has been issued shall have
the same with him at the site or place at all times when the business or act
licensed is being performed and available for inspection by a police officer
or any other authorized person.
