Ordinance - #95-04 - 02/28/1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Subd. 3. LICENSE LIMITATION No more than three pawnbroker licensed businesses shall be permitted by the City at any one time. Priority shall be given to qualified applicants for renewal of existing licenses. C. Section 7.13.03 is amended to provide as follows: 7.13.03 APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND INVESTIGATION Subdivision 1. FILING OF APPLICATION Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate or conduct a Pawnbroker ship or Secondhand Goods Dealer shop shall file a completed application under oath with the City upon a form provided by the Administrator and pay a non-refundable application fee in an amount set by Council resolution and the investigation fee described below. The application, once accepted, shall be referred to the City Police Department for investigation. Copies of this application shall be forwarded to such other City departments as the Council shall deem appropriate for investigation of the facts set forth in the application. The Chief of Police and such other department heads shall make a written recommendation to the Council as to the issuance or non-issuance of the license. Subd. 2. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION The completed application form shall contain all information indicated on said form, including: a. Name, place of birth, date of birth, and street residence of the applicant. The business address and the name and address of the owner of the proposed licensed premises, and the exact legal description of the licensed premises. A statement as to whether, within the preceding five years, the applicant has been convicted of any law relating to theft, damage or trespass to property, sale of a controlled substance, or the operation of a business; the nature of any such offense and the penalty assessed. d. Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation or partnership. If the applicant is a corporation, the state of the incorporation and the names and addresses of all officers and directors. The Application shall be accompanied by the Articles of Incorporation and Secretary of State's Certificate of good standing of the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners shall be included. The Application shall be accompanied by the partnership Agreement. e. The name of the manager or proprietor of the business. The names, residences and business addresses of three persons, residents of the State of Minnesota of good moral character, not related to the Applicant or financially interested in the licensed premises who may be referred to for the Applicant's character or in the case where information is required of a manager, the manager's character.