Ordinance 3885 - Laserfiche WebLink

has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor. Section 4: Investigation and Issuance. (a) Upon receipt of such application, the original shall be referred to the Chief of Police, who shall cause such investigation of the applicant 's business and moral character to be made as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good . (b) If as a result of such investigation, the applicant 's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactor the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application his desapproval and his reasons for the same, and return the said application to the City Clerk, who shall notify the applicant that his application is disapproved and that no license will be issued. (c) If, as a result of such investigation, the character and business responsibility of the applicant are found to be satisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on the application his approval and return said application to the City Clerk, who shall, upon payment of the prescribed license fee, deliver to the applicant a license, which license shall be valid for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of issuance and shall automatically expire at the expiration of said thirty- day period, unless prior thereto applicant presents himself/ herself personally to the office of the City Clerk and has said license validated for an additional thirty-day period; provided, further, all licenses issued or granted hereunder shall be for a calendar year, subject to the requirement to validate said license every thirty (30) days, as herein provided, and an annual license fee shall be required at the commencement of each calendar year following the original issue of licenses, as hereinafter set forth. Such license shall contain the signature and seal of the issuing officers and shall show the name and address of said licensee, the class of license issued and the kin. of goods to be sold thereunder, the amount of fee paid, the date of issuance and the length of time the same shall be operative, as well as the license number and other identifying description of any vehicle used in such peddling. The Clerk shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued . Section 5: Fees . The license fee which shall be charged by the City Clerk for such license shall be the sum of $2 .00 per year. The annual license shall terminate on the 31st day of December of each and every year unless said licensee fails to validate the license as set forth in Section 4(c) above, in which case, the license shall expire upon the expiratio of said thirty-day period. The license fee provided by this ordinance is intended to reimburse the City of Everett for the cost of processing the applications for such license and is not intended as a source of revenue, nor to occasion an undue burden upon Interstate Commerce. Section 6: Bond. Every applicant who is required under Section 3(g) to give his fingerprints and photograph to the Chief of Police shall file with the City Clerk a surety bond running to the City in the amount of $500.00 with a surety acceptable to and approved by the Mayor, conditioned that the said applicant shall comply fully with all the provisions of the ordinances of the City of Everett and the statutes of the State of Washington regulating and concerning the business of solicitor and guaranteeing to any citizen of the City of Everett that all . money paid as a down payment will be accounted for and applied -2-