§ 14-38. Application and fee; issuance.

(a)

All applications shall be submitted to the development services director. Upon applying for a business license, every applicant shall:

(1)

Pay a nonrefundable license fee in an amount established by the council by resolution.

(2)

Complete an application providing the following information: Business trade name, address of business, business mailing address, business owner, business telephone number, exact nature of the business, number of employees, date the business will begin in the town, signature of the applicant certifying the statements to be true and correct, and title of the applicant. The development services director may require additional information necessary to comply with this chapter.

(b)

The development services director shall submit the complete application to the code compliance manager and other appropriate town departments for review and approval. The application shall be approved or denied within 30 days from the date on the application. If the application is not approved or denied pursuant to sections 14-39 or 14-44 within the applicable review period, the reviewing official shall be deemed to have approved the application. Approval by the code compliance manager or other town department to which the application has been referred shall not prevent the application from being denied for other reasons. This deadline may be extended if the applicant has not complied with applicable requirements for issuing the license.

(c)

The development services director shall prepare and issue a license to every person required to obtain a license, who is eligible to be licensed under this chapter. The development services director shall state in each license the period of time covered by the license, the name of the person to whom the license is issued, the name of the business licensed, and the location where such business is to be conducted.

(d)

An applicant for an adult bookstore, adult store, adult theater, escort bureau or escort bureau runner, massage therapy establishment, or operator of a sexually-oriented business license also shall submit the following personal information for applicant, operators, and/or employees:

(1)

The full true name of the person and any other names used during the previous five years.

(2)

Proof of the person's age, such as a driver's license, passport or birth certificate coupled with a governmental photo identification document.

(3)

Two portrait photographs of the person, at least two inches by two inches in size, taken within the previous six months.

(4)

A set of fingerprints suitable for conducting background checks must be made by the town police department. The applicant is responsible for making an appointment with the police department and paying any applicable fee at the time fingerprints are taken. The fingerprints will be used to obtain a state and federal criminal records check in accordance with A.R.S. 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is authorized to exchange this fingerprint data with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The police department is authorized to receive the results of the check.

(Ord. No. 1621, § I, 2-1-05; Ord. No. 2331, § I, 6-23-11; Ord. No. 2516, § I, 12-18-14)