§ 30-1-7. Completed application required; false, misleading or fraudulent statements on application prohibited; fees, license application and renewal; proration of fees; schedule to be posted; effect of failure to submit completed application.

(a)

It is the responsibility of each applicant for a business license to make a completed application as defined in section 30-1-1 of this Code and to ensure that the application does not contain any false, misleading, or fraudulent statements.

(b)

Upon application, a non-refundable license fee for application or renewal shall be paid by any business that is required to be licensed under this Code. Except as otherwise provided by this Code, the amount required to be paid for any license shall be paid to the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department Business License Center or to the Police Department, as the case may be, and a receipt for payment of the license fee shall be given to the applicant or licensee. Subject to section 30-1-15 of this Code, which governs the renewal of a license, a receipt for payment of a license fee shall not be deemed a license to operate a business.

(c)

A fee schedule shall be established by the Director of the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department, or by the Chief of Police, as required by this Code. The fee schedule shall include the license period for the license. The license schedule shall also include appropriate charges for duplicates or other issuance of a license as necessary for the business.

(d)

Where the period for which a license may be issued is less than six (6) months and the fee for the license exceeds twenty-five dollars ($25.00), the Business License Center may, upon a determination that an economic hardship exists, issue a license upon payment of one-half (½) of the fee.

(e)

Within five (5) business days of the filing of an application for a license or the renewal of an existing license under this article, the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department Business License Center, or the Police Department, as the case may be, shall determine whether the application is a completed application as defined by section 30-1-1 of this Code.

(f)

Where the Business License Center or the Police Department, as the case may be, determines that there is a completed application, the application shall be reviewed and processed in accordance with any time limits applicable under this article or other provisions of this Code.

(g)

Where a new or renewal application for a license is not complete, the Business License Center or the Police Department, as the case may be, shall return it to the applicant within ten (10) business days after receipt, together with a notice specifying what information is necessary for the application to be complete, with the incomplete application not processed further, provided, that upon the written request of the applicant, the Business License Center or the Police Department may process an incomplete application after notice has been given of the omissions upon a showing by the applicant that the omitted information is not necessary for the application or the failure to provide the information is due to circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.

(Ord. No. 03-10, § 1, 2-23-10)