[Adopted 10-26-2004 by G.O. No. 8-2004]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, when used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein respectively ascribed to them;
COMPTROLLER
The Comptroller of the City of Yonkers.
CORPORATION COUNSEL
The Corporation Counsel of the City of Yonkers.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Office of Licensing, who is also referred to as the "Consumer Protection Officer" in Article IIIA of the Charter, and shall include the designee of the Director, unless otherwise provided.
PERSON
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies and all other entities of any kind which are capable of being sued.
STORAGE WAREHOUSE
A person or business who offers space for consumers' goods for compensation. Note: This description is only a general explanation of which businesses need to have a storage warehouse license.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain or operate a storage warehouse without having procured a license to conduct such business from the Director.
A. 
The application for a license or for any renewal thereof to conduct a storage warehouse shall be in writing and shall state the specific location where said business is to be established, maintained and operated and the maximum number of persons to be employed therein. The Office, before issuing any such license, shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises named and described in such application by the Fire Department and other appropriate City agencies, for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of the Yonkers Fire and Building Code[1] and all other applicable state and local safety and fire regulations are fully complied with.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 55, Fire and Building Code.
B. 
If the Office shall be satisfied that the proposed storage warehouse and the premises wherein it is located conform to the provisions of this article and other laws relating thereto, it shall issue or cause to be issued a license authorizing such applicant to establish, maintain, conduct or operate a storage warehouse at the place designated in such application for and during the period of such license.
Prior to the issuance of a license to establish, maintain and operate a storage warehouse, each applicant therefor shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of $25 and the amount of $590 for the first warehouse and $300 for each additional warehouse and furnish a bond to the Director in the amount of $10,000. The bond shall be executed with two or more sureties or a duly authorized surety company approved by the Director, shall be payable to the City of Yonkers and shall be conditioned for compliance with the provisions of this article and any amendment thereto, and upon the further condition that the licensee will pay to the City any fine, penalty or any other obligation within 30 days of its imposition, and shall be subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel.
Each such license shall expire on the 31st of December following the date of its issuance unless sooner suspended or revoked by the Director and shall not be transferable from person to person nor from the location for which it is originally issued.