[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Flossmoor as Ch. 20 of the 1964 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Applications for all licenses and permits required by ordinance
shall be made in writing to the Village Clerk in the absence of provision
to the contrary. Each application shall state the name of the applicant,
the permit or license desired, the location to be used, if any, the
time covered and the fee to be paid; and each application shall contain
such additional information as may be needed for the proper guidance
of the Village officials in the issuing of the permit or license applied
for.
Whenever in this Code a license is required for the maintenance,
operation or conduct of any business or establishment, or for doing
business or engaging in any activity or occupation, any person or
corporation shall be subject to the requirement if by himself or through
an agent, employee or partner, he holds himself forth as being engaged
in the business or occupation, or solicits patronage therefor, actively
or passively, or performs or attempts to perform any part of such
business or occupation in the Village.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
Unless another license term is established in other chapters
of the Village Code, the license year for the Village shall begin
on the first day of May and end on the last day of April of each year.
Forms for all licenses and permits, and applications therefor,
shall be prepared and kept on file by the Village Clerk.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
Each license or permit issued shall bear the signatures of such
officers as are authorized by ordinance to issue such license or permit,
and when the issuing officer is not so specified, then the license
or permit shall bear the signature of the Village Manager.
Upon the receipt of an application for a license or permit where
ordinances of the Village necessitate an inspection or investigation
before the issuance of such permit or license, the Village Clerk shall
refer such application to the proper officer for making such investigation
within 48 hours of the time of such receipt. The officer charged with
the duty of making the investigation or inspection shall make a report
thereon, favorable or otherwise, within 10 days after receiving the
application or a copy thereof. The Health Officer shall make or cause
to be made an inspection in regard to such license in the connection
of the care and handling of food and the preventing of nuisances and
the spread of disease for the protection of health. The Building Commissioner
shall make or cause to be made any such inspections relative to the
construction of buildings or other structures. All other investigations,
except where otherwise provided, shall be made by the Chief of Police
or by some other officer designated by the Mayor and Board of Trustees.
In the absence of provision to the contrary, all fees and charges
for licenses or permits shall be paid in advance at the time application
therefor is made to the Village Clerk. When an applicant has not engaged
in the business until after the expiration of part of the current
license year, the license fee shall be pro rated by quarters, and
the fee paid for each quarter or fraction thereof during which the
business has been or will be conducted. Except as otherwise provided,
all license fees shall become a part of the corporate fund.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
All annual licenses shall terminate on the last day of April
where no provision to the contrary is made.
No license shall be issued for the conduct of any business,
and no permit shall be issued for any thing or act, if the premises
and building to be used for the purpose do not fully comply with the
requirements of the Village. No such license or permit shall be issued
for the conduct of any business or performance of any act which would
involve a violation of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village.
The location of any licensed business or occupation, or of any
permitted act, may be changed, provided 10 days' notice thereof is
given to the Village Clerk, in the absence of any provision to the
contrary, provided that the building and zoning requirements of the
ordinances are complied with.
No business, licensed or not, shall be so conducted or operated
as to amount to a nuisance in fact.
A.
Whenever inspections of the premises used for or in connection with
the operation of a licensed business or occupation are provided for
or required by ordinance, or are reasonably necessary to secure compliance
with any ordinance provision or to detect violations thereof, it shall
be the duty of the licensee, or the person in charge of the premises
to be inspected, to admit thereto for the purpose of making the inspection
any officer or employee of the Village who is authorized or directed
to make such inspection at any reasonable time that admission is requested.
B.
Whenever an analysis of any commodity or material is reasonably necessary
to secure conformance with any ordinance provision or to detect violations
thereof, it shall be the duty of the licensee of the municipality
whose business is governed by such provision to give to any authorized
officer or employee of the Village requesting the same sufficient
samples of such material or commodity for such analysis upon request.
C.
In addition to any other penalty which may be provided, the Mayor
may revoke the license of any licensed proprietor of any licensed
business in the Village who refuses to permit any such officer or
employee who is authorized to make such inspection or take such samples
to make the inspection, or take an adequate sample of the said commodity,
or who interferes with such officer or employee while in the performance
of his duty in making such inspection, provided that no license shall
be revoked for such cause unless written demand is made upon the licensee
or person in charge of the premises, in the name of the Village, stating
that such inspection or sample is desired at the time it is sought
to make the inspection or obtain the sample.
Any license or permit for a limited time may be revoked by the
Mayor at any time during the life of such license or permit for any
violation by the licensee or permittee of the ordinance provisions
relating to the license or permit, the subject matter of the license
or permit, or to the premises occupied; such revocation may be in
addition to any fine imposed.
It shall be the duty of any person conducting a licensed business
in the Village to keep his license posted in a prominent place on
the premises used for such business at all times.
Whenever the number of vehicles used is the basis of a license
fee, the Village Clerk shall furnish each licensee with a tag or sticker
for each vehicle covered by the license, and such tag or sticker shall
be posted in a conspicuous place on each such vehicle while it is
in use.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 20.016, Penalty, of the
1964 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 7-7-2014
by Ord. No. 2014-1783.
