Sec. 19-6. Applications.
A. In the form prescribed by the City Clerk, each applicant, controlling person and designated agent for a mercantile business license shall submit the following information to the City Clerk, as applicable:
1. The date of the application, full legal name, and all other names by which known.
2. Current residence address and telephone number.
3. Legal form of applicant, the business name or names under which the prospective licensee will be doing business, and the address at which the applicant intends to do business.
4. Physical description, place and date of birth, and written proof of age in the form of a current driver license with picture, or other current picture identification document issued by a governmental entity.
5. Information as to whether the applicant, designated agent or controlling person has ever had any business license or permit in this or any other City or State refused, denied, revoked or suspended, and the reason therefor.
6. Information as to whether the applicant, designated agent or controlling person has ever entered into a consent agreement with the City Clerk pursuant to this article.
7. All prior criminal convictions.
8. One complete set of fingerprints.
9. If the applicant is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other fictitious entity the name of the entity shall be set forth exactly as shown in its organizing document, together with the State and date of formation. The fictitious entity applicant shall designate one of its officers, members or general partners to complete and sign all application forms required of an applicant under this article.
10. The organizing document, and all applicable amendments, for all applicants that are fictitious entities.
11. The applicant’s mailing address for purposes of receiving City notices and other licensing correspondence relating to the applicant or the enforcement of this chapter.
12. The type of merchandise to be purchased or sold.
B. The City Clerk shall have a reasonable period of time in which to investigate the application and background of those submitting an application pursuant to this section and to process those applications through other City departments as necessary.
C. The City Clerk shall deny the license or application upon finding to be true any of the following circumstances:
1. The required fees have not been paid.
2. The application does not conform in all respects to the provisions of this chapter.
3. The applicant, designated agent or a controlling person has made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application or committed an act of deception in the application process.
4. The applicant, designated agent, any controlling person, or any of the general partners if a partnership has been convicted of, pleaded nolo contendere to, or guilty to, any felony described in Section 19-9(A)(3), or to a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, within five years prior to the issuance of the license.
5. The applicant, designated agent or a controlling person was recorded on a license that was revoked pursuant to this chapter within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application. For purposes of this subsection, the date of revocation shall be the date of final administrative or judicial decision, as applicable.
6. The applicant, designated agent or a controlling person has had a license that was issued by another jurisdiction, similar to the one issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, suspended or revoked within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application.
7. The applicant, designated agent or a controlling person has violated a consent agreement entered into with the City Clerk pursuant to this chapter within the previous five years.
8. The applicant, designated agent or a controlling person is not in compliance with all laws of the City, County and State, including the zoning ordinance, applicable to the operation of the activity to be licensed.
9. The applicant, designated agent or a controlling person is under 18 years of age.
10. The applicant has failed to meet with the Phoenix Police Department at the date, time and location prescribed by the police department, as follows:
a. To receive training relating to the law applicable to the applied-for mercantile business license.
b. The applicant fully participates in the training without doing anything to create or permit an interruption.
c. The training lasts no longer than one-half hour, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicant.
D. The City Clerk shall grant the application unless the City Clerk finds to be true one or more of the circumstances specified in subsection C of this section. In the event of denial, the applicant shall be notified by certified mail of the denial and the reasons therefor. The applicant may appeal such denial to the License Appeal Board pursuant to the provisions of Article II of this chapter. (Code 1962, § 24-6; Ord. No. G-2197, § 12; Ord. No. G-3896, § 5; Ord. No. G-5619, 2011)