Before any business license is issued to any person, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a written application by the applicant shall be made to the tax collector. Such application shall contain the following information:
A. 
The business owner name(s) and type of ownership: corporation, partnership, sole ownership or trustee. All owner names, all partners names, or officers names of the corporation shall be included.
B. 
Business address and phone number of all owners or partners. Business address and phone number of corporation officers and their headquarters address and phone number.
C. 
The exact address and phone number of the fixed place of business; itinerant merchants shall supply the address and phone number of the temporary business location in the city.
D. 
The nature or type of business conducted from the location. If more than one business activity, list all.
E. 
The exact name of business, including fictitious business name(s), partnership name, and/or corporation name.
F. 
Mailing address if different from business address.
G. 
Federal employer ID number or Social Security number of all owners, state employer ID number, driver's license number and date of birth of all owners, partners, or officers of the corporation.
H. 
In the case of a corporation, the name and address of the officer or person designated to accept service of legal documents.
I. 
For business license tax measured by gross receipts, the applicant shall report the gross receipts from the previous fiscal year where the gross receipts equal or exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. For businesses whose tax is measured or partly measured on the cost of operations, number of employees, units, square footage, seats or vehicles, this information will also be provided.
J. 
State license number, if applicable.
K. 
Any further information which the tax collector may deem necessary for issuance of the business license, or computation of the business license tax, or other information which may be mandated by law.
(1976 Code § 7-1.501; Ord. 588 § 2)
Any person starting a new business in the city shall file a written application prior to commencing business and paying the appropriate tax. The application shall contain all of the information described in MMC § 7.05.160 except that an estimate concerning gross receipts, cost of operations or other tax measure for the license period will be required. Upon expiration of the license at the end of the fiscal year, the applicant shall be required to make a statement showing the actual amount of gross receipts or other applicable tax measure incurred during the original license period and pay taxes based on that amount. To renew the license for the next fiscal year and any subsequent year, the applicant shall file an application and tax payment in the manner described in MMC § 7.05.160.
(1976 Code § 7-1.502; Ord. 588 § 2)
Each business shall, for purposes of paying the business license tax, be categorized by the tax collector as conducting business under one of the following:
A. 
Fiscal Year Period. Fiscal year period shall commence on July 1st and end on June 30th.
B. 
Monthly Period. Monthly period shall begin on the date of issuance of the business license and shall expire thirty days thereafter.
C. 
Daily Period. Daily period shall begin at 12:01 a.m. and expire at 11:59 p.m. on the calendar date of issuance of the business license.
(1976 Code § 7-1.503; Ord. 588 § 2)
All persons engaged in business, and not otherwise exempt, shall pay the business license tax in advance of the license period. For those businesses categorized under the fiscal year period, the annual renewal payment shall be due and payable in advance of July 1st of each year and shall be deemed delinquent if not paid prior to August 15th of that year.
(1976 Code § 7-1.504; Amended by Ord. 614 § 5; Ord. 588 § 2)
No business license application or payment of estimated tax shall be conclusive upon the city. The correctness of any information and estimated tax listed on an application shall be subject to audit and verification by the tax collector.
(1976 Code § 7-1.506; Ord. 588 § 2)
Payment made in person to the tax collector during city business hours shall be deemed received as of the date of personal delivery. If payment is made by United States mail, the payment shall be deemed received by the date of cancellation by the U.S. Postal Service, as reflected on the envelope containing the payment, or in the event such cancellation cannot be determined, the date of receipt by the tax collector's office.
(1976 Code § 7-1.507; Ord. 588 § 2)
After the tax collector has approved the application and the applicant has paid in full the tax required by this chapter, the tax collector shall issue a license which contains the following information:
1. 
The name of the person to whom the license is issued;
2. 
The identification, by business classification(s), of the business authorized by the license;
3. 
The location(s) where business is to be conducted; and
4. 
Such other information that the tax collector may determine to be necessary.
The tax collector may issue duplicate license(s) or sticker(s) upon the written request of the license holder and payment of a fee reimbursing the tax collector for the reasonable administrative costs of duplication or stickers.
(1976 Code § 7-1.508; Ord. 588 § 2)
It shall be the responsibility of each licensee to obtain a renewal license and pay the license tax as provided in this chapter regardless of whether or not the licensee has received a renewal notice from the tax collector. No business license shall be renewed until the licensee has paid in full all delinquent business license taxes, including accrued interest and applicable penalties, to the tax collector.
(1976 Code § 7-1.509; Ord. 588 § 2)