[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission
of the City of Parsons 1-6-1982 by Ord. No. 5246 (Ch. 4, Art. III of the
1985 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall operate any bowling alley without
a license issued by the City Clerk upon payment to the City of a license
tax of $75, provided that a person beginning business prior to July
1 of any year shall pay the full amount of the fee and a person beginning
business after June 30 of any year shall pay 1/2 of the annual tax.
An affidavit by the applicant stating when he began business shall
accompany the payment and shall be filed with the City Clerk.
A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall
expire on the last day of December of each year.
All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter
shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and the
City Clerk shall affix the Corporate Seal of the City thereto. All
licenses shall be dated on the day they are issued and shall state
the name of the applicant, the kind of business he desires to engage
in, the amount paid and the time the license shall expire.
No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall
be transferable or assignable.
Every license issued pursuant to this chapter
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the place of business for
which it is issued and shall be kept posted in such place during the
time that it is in force.
The City Clerk shall keep a book in which shall
be entered the name of each person licensed pursuant to this chapter,
his address, the date of the license, the purpose for which it is
granted, the amount paid therefor and the time when the same shall
expire.
Any license issued pursuant to this chapter
may be revoked by the governing body if the licensee in the conduct
of the licensed business violates any law of the state or ordinance
of this City. In any case where a license is revoked because of violation
of law as herein stated no part of the amount paid for the license
shall be refunded by the City. Conviction of the licensee in any court
or the forfeiture of bond furnished by any licensee for his release
pending the hearing of any case wherein the licensee is charged with
having committed an offense under the law in the conduct of the business
for which he obtained the license shall be sufficient evidence to
authorize the governing body to revoke the license, and a certified
copy of the judgment of the court showing such conviction or forfeiture
shall authorize the governing body to forfeit the license. In case
of the revocation of the license of any licensee, no new license shall
be issued to such person or any person acting for his or on his behalf
for a period of six months thereafter.
