[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Monroe as Ch. 802 of the 1995 Codified Ordinances of
Monroe. Amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Permits involving streets and public places — See
§ C-214.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Coordinated collection of state license fees — See
MCLA § 205.1.
Liability insurance for municipalities — See
MCLA § 691.1409.
[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 00-016]
A.
No person, partnership, association or corporation,
public or private, operating a public utility may transact local business
in the City without first obtaining a franchise from the City. Competitive
suppliers of natural gas or electricity with customers in the City
shall obtain a franchise from the City. A public utility providing
transmission or distribution services to any person, partnership,
association or corporation, public or private, offering any public
utility, natural gas or electric service to customers in the City
shall promptly notify the City Clerk in writing of the name and address
of such person, partnership, association or corporation. Applications
for franchises shall be submitted to the City Manager for presentation
to the City Council. The City Council may require payment of a franchise
fee and such other terms and conditions as are permitted by the City
Charter and other applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the
licensing of all trades, professions, businesses or privileges regulated
by this Code of the City of Monroe, unless provision is otherwise
expressly made for licensing and/or the incidents thereof in the chapter
wherein the trade, profession, business or privilege is regulated.
In the event of a conflict between any of the provisions of this chapter
and any of the provisions of any other chapter of this Code, wherein
a trade, profession, business or privilege is regulated, the provision
of the other chapter shall prevail.
A.
Any number of persons may carry on a business in copartnership
at one place in the City under one license.
B.
If any person shall carry on any business or do any
act requiring a license under this Code of the City of Monroe at different
places in the City to be operated at the same time, he or she shall
secure a license for each location.
No license shall be granted until the amount
required to be paid shall have been paid into the City Treasury and
until a receipt therefor has been filed with the Clerk/Treasurer.
A.
Applications for licenses shall be in writing signed
by the applicant and filed with the Clerk/Treasurer within the period
of time prescribed by the Clerk/Treasurer or by the applicable section
of this Code of the City of Monroe.
B.
The following minimal information shall be supplied
by the applicant:
(1)
The nature of the proposed business or undertaking;
(2)
The name of the applicant;
(3)
The residential address of the applicant;
(4)
The proposed location of the proposed business or
undertaking; and
(5)
Any additional requirement or information required,
needed, sought or imposed by applicable sections of this Code of the
City of Monroe, or imposed by the Clerk/Treasurer or other administrative
offices of the City.
[Amended 8-12-1996 by Ord. No. 96-018]
No license granted under this Code of the City
of Monroe shall be assignable for any purpose, nor shall any person
carry on any business or do any act or thing under or by permission
of any license granted to any other person.
A.
The City may refuse to issue a license or permit,
or the licenses or permits issued pursuant to this chapter, unless
otherwise provided hereunder, may be suspended or revoked by the Council
or any authorized official, department, board or agency, where applicable,
after notice and a hearing, for any of the following causes:
(1)
Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained
in an application for a permit or license;
(2)
Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made
in connection with the selling of goods, wares, merchandise and services;
(3)
Any violation of this Code of the City of Monroe and/or
any ordinance of the City;
(4)
Conviction of the applicant, licensee or permittee
of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of
a violation of any law of the state or of the United States having
a reasonable relationship to the purposes and scope of the permit
or license;
(5)
Conducting the activity under this Code of the City
of Monroe and/or any ordinance of the City in an unlawful manner or
in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or a menace
to the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the public.
B.
Notice of a hearing on the suspension or revocation
of a license or permit shall be in writing given by the Clerk/Treasurer,
setting forth specifically the grounds of the complaint and the time
and place of the hearing. Service of such notice shall be made by
either personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the applicant, licensee or permittee at the last known address,
at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing.
C.
In case of a refusal to issue a permit or license
or the suspension or revocation of a license or permit as herein provided,
no portion of the application, license or permit fee shall be returned
to the applicant, licensee or permittee, unless otherwise provided
in this Code of the City of Monroe and/or any ordinance of the City.
D.
Any suspension or revocation hereunder may be either
in addition to or in lieu of any penalty or fine as prescribed in
this Code of the City of Monroe and/or any ordinance of the City.
E.
An order of the Council, the Mayor or any authorized
official, department, board or agency, where applicable, shall be
the final municipal action for the purpose of judicial review.
