Sec. 692.211. - Terms of license; renewals.

(a) All licenses issued under this Chapter, except new licenses, shall be annual licenses which shall expire on September 30 next following; provided, that when the Sheriff is investigating the continued eligibility of an operator or lessor as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, a license which was presented to the Sheriff as required by subsection (b) of this Section on or before September 30 shall not expire until the decision by the Sheriff under subsection (b) of this Section is final. An operator or lessor obtaining a new license after October 1 and before April 1 may do so upon application therefor and the payment of the appropriate license fee and such license shall expire on the following September 30. An operator or lessor obtaining a new license after March 31 and before October 1 may do so upon application therefor and the payment of one-half of the appropriate license fee and such license shall expire on September 30 of the same year. (b) An operator or lessor shall be entitled to a renewal of his license on an annual basis on or before October 1 by presenting the license for the previous year or satisfactory evidence of its loss or destruction, in either case properly endorsed by the Sheriff as provided in this subsection, to the Tax Collector and by paying the appropriate license fee. Before a license may be renewed, the operator or lessor shall present the license or evidence of the loss or destruction of the license, as the case may be, to the Sheriff, together with such evidence of the operator's or lessor's continued eligibility to hold the license as may be required by the Sheriff. It shall not be necessary for an operator or licensee holding a valid and effective license issued under this Chapter to file a new application to renew the license nor to pay any additional application fee. Renewal of a license shall not be as a matter of course nor of right and the Sheriff may conduct such investigation of the operator's or lessor's continued eligibility as he deems necessary. If the Sheriff is satisfied as to the operator's or lessor's continued eligibility, he shall endorse his approval on the license or evidence of loss or destruction, as the case may be, and the license may thereupon be renewed. If the Sheriff is not satisfied as to the operator's or lessor's continued eligibility, he shall proceed as provided in Section 692.207 (b) in the case of denial of a license. (Ord. 78-1324-661, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1) Note— Former § 405.211.