As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
RETAIL FLORIST A person engaged in the business of selling at retail cut flowers,
trees, shrubs, vines, growing flowers or plants, potteries containing plants or flowers and bedding stock. "Retail florist" shall not mean or include retail sellers of cut Christmas
trees; transient merchants or itinerant vendors as defined in §
367-44; or farmers selling vegetables, green foods, farm produce, shrubbery, plants, bulbs or products of the nursery or farm in any common or public market place within the limits of the city.
Following the filing of the application, the applicant shall forthwith cause to be published a notice of his intention to obtain a license to engage in the business of a retail florist. Said notice shall be published for two consecutive weeks, once each week, in a newspaper published and circulated in the city. Proof of such publication shall be filed with the Licensing Division prior to consideration of the application by the Council.
The license shall be issued by the Licensing Division after approval thereof by the Council.
Every license shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of business conducted by the licensee.
In addition to the penalty provided in §
223-11, the Council may, after due notice and hearing, suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates any provision of this chapter or who falsifies or makes misstatements in the application for a license under this chapter.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or any combination thereof. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.