[Adopted 12-14-1993 by Ord. No. 4286 (Ch.
350, Art. I, of the 2004 Code)]
Any licensee may make application for a new
license for the succeeding year and pay the required fee therefor
on or before the expiration date of any license or licenses issued
to him for the current year. Whenever any application and license
fee payment therefor is not received on or before the expiration date
of any license issued for the current year, and the licensee continues
to engage in the business or activity for which the license was issued,
a penalty of 10% of the amount of the license fee shall be imposed
and collected, and an additional 5% of the original fee shall be added
on the last day of each calendar month after the expiration date.
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
In addition to the above penalty provision,
it shall be unlawful for a licensee to continue to engage in any business
or activity after his license therefor has expired, and any violation
thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000, imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, community service for not more than 90
days, or any combination thereof, for each day of said continuance,
upon conviction of the same in the Union Township Municipal Court.
[Adopted 9-23-2003 by Ord. No. 4803 (Ch.
350, Art. II, of the 2004 Code)]
As a condition for the issuance or renewal of
any license or permit issued by, or requiring the approval of, the
Township, the applicant, if he is the owner thereof, must pay any
delinquent property taxes or assessments on the property wherein the
business or activity for which the license or permit is being sought
or wherein the business or activity is to be conducted.
The Township may suspend or revoke the license
or permit of any licensee, who is an owner of the property upon which
the licensed business or activity is conducted, if the licensee has
failed to pay the taxes due on the property for at least three consecutive
quarters. Upon payment of the delinquent taxes or assessments, the
license or permit shall be restored.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to or include any alcoholic beverage license or permit issued pursuant
to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.