Licensure procedure for business enterprises

(a)

Application. All business enterprises desiring to obtain an initial license or renew a previously issued and unrevoked license shall submit an application in writing to the revenue collection division on all prescribed forms. The application and all supporting documents shall be retained by the revenue collection division. All applications shall include:

(1)

Name of the business enterprise.

(2)

If the business enterprise is a corporation, the name, date and state under whose laws such corporation was organized, and if a foreign (out-of-state) corporation, whether authorized to do business in the State of Florida, the fictitious name under which the corporation may be doing business, the names of the principal officers, directors, resident agent and local representatives, and their business addresses.

(3)

If the business enterprise is a partnership, the fictitious name under which the partnership may be doing business, the name, business address of each partner.

(4)

If the business enterprise is a sole proprietorship, the fictitious name under which the sole proprietorship may be doing business, the name, business address of the natural person who owns, controls or directs the sole proprietorship.

(5)

The signature of the president or vice-president of the applicant corporation, or the signature of a partner of the applicant partnership, or the signature of the natural person who owns, controls or directs the applicant sole proprietorship.

(6)

Such other information and data as the chief of police may consider appropriate.

(b)

Standards for issuance of license. The chief of police shall approve the application for issuance or renewal of a license hereunder where he/she finds:

(1)

That the application has been fully completed and submitted;

(2)

Reserved;

(3)

That the application has been fully examined and considered by the police department;

(4)

That the applicant business enterprise, if a corporation does not have as an officer or director a person who is or was an officer, director, partner or sole proprietor of a business enterprise which has a currently suspended license or has had its license revoked by action of the city manager as of the date of application;

(5)

That the applicant business enterprise, if a partnership, does not have as a partner, a person who is or was an officer, director, partner or sole proprietor of a business enterprise which has a currently suspended license or has had its license revoked by action of the city manager within five years of the date of application;

(6)

That the applicant business enterprise, if a sole proprietorship, does not have as the sole proprietor, a person who is or was an officer, director, partner or sole proprietor of a business enterprise which has a currently suspended license or has had its license revoked by the city manager within five years of the date of application; and

(7)

That a license of the applicant is not currently under suspension.

(Ord. No. 9762, § 1(7), 12-8-83; Code 1980, § 42-77; Ord. No. 13676, § 2, 4-27-17; Ord. No. 13939, § 2, 11-19-20)