§ 5.3. License required; application for license.  


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  • No person shall engage in any business, profession, trade or occupation, or perform any act, required to be licensed under the provisions of this chapter until such license is first obtained. No license shall be issued under this chapter when the provisions of this chapter or of some other ordinance of the city requiring a license to be first obtained or to be first applied for as a prerequisite to entering into or performing any such business, trade, occupation or act, until such license is first so applied for or obtained as the case may be. Any license issued in violation of this section shall be void.
    Application for a license to conduct, carry on or engage in any business, profession, trade or occupation, or do or allow to be done any act requiring such license, shall be in writing to the city clerk stating the name of the person, company or firm, the address, a resume of the business operations and the average number of employees. Each application shall be accompanied by check or currency in an amount equal to the license tax required under this chapter. Application for a joint license in accordance with the provisions of section 5.9 must be filed by all businesses involved stating the names of the persons, companies or firms, the respective addresses, a resume of the business operations and the total average number of employees employed in conduct of all such businesses. No license shall be issued unless the city clerk shall have first authorized the issuance of such license. (Ord. No. 802, § 2; Ord. No. 868, § 2; Ord. No. 871; Ord. No. 1055, § 2, Exh. A.)