Unless otherwise specifically provided in this
Code, every application for a license to conduct any trade, occupation
or use of premises in the Town shall be in writing and contain the
following information:
A.
Full name and address of applicant.
B.
Present or proposed place of business within the Town,
if any.
C.
If an individual, date of birth, place of birth and
places of residence for the five years immediately prior to the date
of application.
D.
If a corporation, the state and year of incorporation and principal place of business together with all the information required in Subsection C herein for all the principal officers and principal stockholders of the corporation. For the purposes of this chapter, "principal officer" shall mean the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer and "principal stockholder" shall mean any person owning 10% or more of the outstanding shares of stock of such corporation.
E.
If a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners, general and limited, if any, together with the information required in Subsection C herein for all partners.
F.
Whether or not the applicant, including partners,
principal officers and principal stockholders, has been convicted
of a misdemeanor or felony; and if so, the nature of the offense,
date of conviction and court.
G.
Whether or not the applicant, including partners,
principal officers and principal stockholders, or any other partnership
or corporation in which the applicant was a corporate officer or had
a 10% interest or more, had been previously licensed; and if so, whether
such license was ever suspended or revoked; and if so, for what cause.
H.
The number of any state license or permit, if any.
I.
Such other information as may be required by any other
provision of this Code.
J.
Such additional information as may be required by
the Town Clerk or other licensing official.
Upon payment of the required fee and subject
to the conditions contained in this chapter, the Town Clerk or other
licensing official shall issue a license specifying the trade, occupation
or use of premises thereby authorized and such license shall become
effective from the date thereof and shall continue in force for the
term specified therein but shall not be transferable.
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter shall not be issued for a longer term than until the
first day of January next succeeding.
A.
A license may be refused if the applicant shall have
been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, which in the judgment of
the Town Clerk or other licensing official renders the applicant unfit
or undesirable to carry on the trade or occupation involved.
B.
The Town Clerk or other licensing official may also
refuse a license to any person who in his judgment shall be an undesirable
person or incapable of properly conducting the trade or business desired.
Any applicant who has been refused a license
by the Town Clerk or other licensing official may apply to the Town
Board therefor, and the same may be granted or refused by the Town
Board except as otherwise provided in this Code and the Town Law.[1]
[1]
Note: See Town Law § 137. The granting, refusal
or revocation of such license by the Town board shall be subject to
review by certiorari.
After a public hearing thereon at which the
licensee shall have an opportunity to be heard, the Town Board may
revoke any license issued under the authority of Article 9 of the
Town Law to any applicant whom the Town Board shall determine to be
an undesirable person or incapable of properly conducting the trade
or business previously licensed.[1]
[1]
Note: See Town Law § 137. The granting, refusal
or revocation of such license by the Town board shall be subject to
review by certiorari.
