[Code 1974, § 61-1]
No person shall engage or be engaged in the operation, conduct
or carrying on of any trade, profession, business, or privilege for
which any license is required by any provision of this chapter without
first obtaining a license from the Township in the manner provided
for in this article.
[Code 1974, § 61-2]
The granting of a license or permit to any person operating,
conducting, or carrying on any trade, profession, business, or privilege
which contains within itself or is composed of trades, professions,
businesses, or privileges which are required by this chapter to be
licensed shall not relieve the person to whom such license or permit
is granted from the necessity of securing individual licenses or permits
for each such trade, profession, business or privilege, except as
specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter.
[Code 1974, § 61-3]
The fact that a license or permit has been granted to any person
by the state to engage in the operation, conduct, or carrying on of
any trade, profession, business, or privilege shall not exempt such
person from the necessity of securing a license or permit from the
Township if such license or permit is required by this chapter.
[Code 1974, § 61-4]
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every person required
to obtain a license from the Township to engage in the operation,
conduct, or carrying on of any trade, profession, business, or privilege
shall make application for such license to the Township Clerk upon
forms provided by the Township Clerk and shall state under oath or
affirmation such facts as may be required for or applicable to the
granting of such license. No person shall make any false statement
or representation in connection with any application for a license
under this chapter.
[Code 1974, § 61-5]
The license year applicable to annual licenses shall begin on
January 1 of each year and shall terminate at midnight on December
31 of the same year. Original licenses shall be issued for the balance
of the license year at the full license fee until September 1, on
which date, the annual fee shall be reduced by 1/2 for the balance
of the license year.
[Code 1974, § 61-6]
No license or permit required by this chapter shall be issued
to any person who is required to have a license or permit from the
state until such person submit evidence of such state license or permit
and proof that all fees appertaining thereto have been paid. No license
shall be granted to any applicant therefor until such applicant has
complied with all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to
the trade, profession, business, or privilege for which application
for license is made, nor unless the applicant agrees in writing to
permit inspection of the licensed premises at reasonable hours by
authorized officers of the Township.
[Code 1974, § 61-7]
No license shall be granted where the certification of any officer
of the Township is required prior to the issuance thereof until such
certification is made.
[Code 1974, §§ 61-8, 62-1]
Where the provisions of this chapter require that the applicant
for any license or permit furnish a bond, such bond shall be furnished
in an amount specified or if no amount is specified in an amount deemed
adequate by the proper Township officer. The form of such bond shall
be acceptable to the Township Attorney. In lieu of a bond, an applicant
for a license or permit may furnish one or more policies of insurance
in the same amounts and providing the same protection as called for
in any such bond. Any such policies of insurance shall be approved
as to substance by the Township official issuing such license or permit
and as to form by the Township Attorney.
[Code 1974, § 61-9]
If the application for any license is approved by the proper
officers of the Township, as provided in this chapter, such license
shall be granted and shall serve as a receipt for payment of the fee
prescribed for such license.
[Code 1974, §§ 61-10, 61-11, 62-1]
The fee required by this chapter for any license or permit shall
be paid at the office of the issuing authority prescribed in this
chapter upon or before the granting of such license or permit. All
such fees shall be as established by resolution. No license fee shall
be required from any person exempt from such fee by state or federal
law. Such persons shall comply with all other provisions of this chapter.
The Township Clerk, shall, in all such cases, issue to such persons
licenses which are clearly marked as to such exemption and the reason
therefor.
[Code 1974, § 61-14]
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, an application for
renewal of a license shall be considered in the same manner as an
original application.
[Code 1974, § 61-16]
No license or permit issued under the provisions of this chapter
shall be transferable unless specifically authorized by the provisions
of this chapter. No licensee or permittee shall, unless specifically
authorized by the provisions of this chapter, transfer or attempt
to transfer his license or permit to another nor shall be make any
improper use of the same.
[Code 1974, § 61-15]
No licensee shall fail to carry upon his person or prominently
display on his vehicle or equipment any license issued in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter at all times when engaged in the
operation, conduct, or carrying on of any trade, profession, business,
or privilege for which the license was granted; except that where
such trade, profession, business, or privilege is operated, conducted,
or carried on at a fixed place or establishment, such license shall
be exhibited at all times in some conspicuous place in his place of
business.
[Code 1974, § 61-17]
In addition to the general penalty provision for violation thereof,
any attempt by a licensee or permittee to transfer his license or
permit to another, unless specifically authorized by the provisions
of this chapter, or to use the same improperly shall be void and result
in the automatic revocation of such license or permit.
[Code 1974, § 61-12]
Any license issued by the Township may be suspended or revoked
by the Township Supervisor for cause. The licensee shall have the
right to a hearing before the Township Board on any such action of
the Township Supervisor, provided a written request therefor is filed
with the Township Clerk within five days after receipt of such notice
of such suspension or revocation. The Township Board may confirm,
alter, or amend such suspension or revoke or reinstate any such license.
The action taken by the Township Board shall be final. Upon suspension
or revocation of any license or permit, the fee therefor shall not
be refunded. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter,
any licensee whose license has been revoked shall not be eligible
to apply for a new license for the trade, profession, business or
privilege for a period of one year after such revocation.
[Code 1974, § 61-13]
The term "cause," as used in this chapter, shall include the
doing or omitting of any act or permitting any condition to exist
in connection with any trade, profession, business, or privilege for
which a license or permit is granted under the provisions of this
chapter or upon any premises or facilities used in connection therewith,
which act, omission, or condition is:
