§ 14-1. Business licenses.

(a)

Issuance. All business licenses issued by the city through the city council or mayor, except liquor licenses, unless otherwise provided in this Code, shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city clerk under the corporate seal, and shall be delivered to the applicant therefor by the city clerk upon the payment to him of the required fee. The clerk shall give a receipt for all moneys received from such license.

(b)

Contents; display. Every license shall contain the name in full of the person to whom the license is granted, the kind of business thereby authorized, the time covered by the license and the location where such person is to conduct such business, giving the street and number of the building where the business is to be carried on if a local business, and such license shall not protect the holder thereof beyond its expressed terms. Every person holding a license under the city shall, upon demand, exhibit the license to any city officer.

(c)

Conditions. All conditions and provisions expressed and contained in this section shall be and constitute a part and parcel of every license issued by the city, in like manner as though the conditions and provisions were incorporated in such license.

(d)

Terms. Except as otherwise provided, all licenses issued by the city shall expire not later than the last day of the municipal year during which the license is issued.

(e)

Assignment or transfer. Any person to whom any business license, except a liquor license, has been issued by the city, may, with the permission and approval of the mayor, assign and transfer the license to any other proper person, and upon such assignment or transfer such license shall be surrendered and a new license issued to the assignee for the unexpired term of the old license, authorizing such assignee to carry on the same business and occupation at such place and in such manner as may be specified in such new license; provided that in all cases the party applying for such new license shall give bond, with sureties, if bond in such case is required, which shall conform, as near as may be, to the bond upon which the surrendered license was issued.

(f)

Revocation. All licenses issued by the city as provided in this section shall be taken and held subject to all ordinances and police regulations of the city then existing or in force or subsequently enacted, and shall be subject to revocation in the discretion of the city council, at any time, upon refunding the fee paid for the unexpired period of such license. Upon conviction of the person holding any such license of a breach of an ordinance of the city regulating the business thereby licensed, the council or mayor may, in its or his discretion, declare such license forfeited without the repayment required under this subsection.

(g)

Register. The city clerk shall keep a license register, in which he shall enter the name of each person licensed, for what purpose licensed, the place of business, the date of the license, the amount paid and the date of the expiration of the license.

(Code 1966, § 15.01)