[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Grafton as Title 5, Ch. 5.04, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Unless otherwise specifically provided by the laws of the state
or ordinances of the Village, the provisions of this chapter shall
apply to the issuance, transfer and revocation of all licenses and
permits issued under the provisions of this Code.
All applications for licenses or permits shall be made upon
regular forms approved by the Village Board and furnished by the Village
Clerk to the applicant.
The amount of the license or permit fee shall be first paid
to the Village Clerk, and his receipt therefor shall be attached to
the application.
The application shall be signed by the applicant and, where
required, shall be sworn to before a notary public or other public
officer authorized to administer oaths, and filed with the Village
Clerk.
The Village Clerk shall present such application to the Village
Board at its next meeting held after the filing thereof, except when
some Village officer, board or commission is first required to examine
or report upon such application, in which case the Village Clerk shall
refer the application for report to such officer, board or commission
and shall present the application and report thereon to the Village
Board as soon as reasonably possible thereafter. Opportunity shall
be given by the Village Board to any person to be heard for or against
the granting of any license or permit.
The Village Clerk shall issue such license or permit only after
its issuance has been authorized by the Village Board or proper officer.
When administrative authority to issue any license or permit
is delegated to any Village officer, board or commission under the
terms of this Code, such officer, board or commission shall grant
such license when proper application has been made in accordance with
the provisions of this Code. In the event such application is denied,
the reasons for denial shall be reduced to writing and delivered or
mailed to the applicant. Such applicant may at any time within 30
days thereafter request the Village Board to review such determination
or any failure to make the same, which action shall be taken by the
Village Board within eight days after written request therefor has
been filed with the Village Clerk.
A.Â
All obligations to Village to be paid. Before any license or permit,
except for one- and two-family residential, shall be issued under
the provisions of this Code, the Village Finance Department or its
designee shall check all Village records to determine whether or not
any applicant, owner or owner's personal representative or agent,
heirs and assigns are in arrears for taxes or any other obligation
to any department of the Village, with the exception of citations
issued by the Grafton Police Department. If the Finance Department,
or its designee, finds any applicant, owner or owner's personal representative
or agent, heirs and assigns to be in arrears for taxes or any other
obligation, with the exception of citations issued by the Grafton
Police Department, the issuing officer or department shall withhold
any and all licenses and permits for which application has been made
until such taxes or obligations have been paid in full.
[Amended by Ord. No. 021, Series 2010]
B.Â
Consent to inspection of premises. As a condition of the granting
of any license or permit, the licensee or permittee shall agree in
writing that, during the period of such license or permit, the Chief
of Police, police officer or other duly authorized officials of the
Village may at all reasonable hours enter into and upon the licensed
premises for the purpose of inspecting the premises to ascertain if
the provisions of this Code with respect to the license and the state
laws with respect to the license are being obeyed, and such person
shall also consent to the removal from the licensed premises, without
warrant, of all things and articles they had in violation of Village
ordinances and state laws with respect to the license and to the introduction
and receipt of such things and articles in any prosecution or proceeding
for violation of any provision of Village ordinances or state law
with respect to the license.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1.01, Code
Adoption)]
Licenses or permits shall not be transferable from one person
to another but may be transferred from one location to another by
approval of the Village Board, and the full license or permit fee
shall be charged for one year or any portion thereof. A fee of $25
shall be charged for any such transfer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1.01, Code
Adoption)]
Whenever any license or permit shall be lost or destroyed without
fault on the part of the holder or his agent or employees, a duplicate
in lieu thereof may be issued by the Village Clerk, upon satisfying
himself of the facts, for a fee of $10.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1.01, Code
Adoption)]
Any license or permit issued by the Village Board or any officer or department of the Village may be revoked by the Village Board at any regular or special meeting by a majority vote in favor of such revocation, provided that no license or permit shall be revoked until the holder thereof has been given an opportunity to be heard by the Village Board. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the permit or license holder either personally or by registered mail by the Village Clerk in the time and manner as directed by the Village Board. Any license or permit issued by the Village Board, any Village officer or department shall be and remain the property of the Village and, upon revocation thereof, the same shall be returned to the Village Clerk's office, and if not so returned after demand, the Village reserves the right to institute suit against the holder or anyone having possession of such license or permit for the return of the same. Any person failing to return any such license or permit after revocation thereof and demand having been made as provided in this section shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this section and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the general penalty in Chapter 1.08 of this Code. Whenever any license or permit is revoked, no refund of any unearned portion of the fee paid therefor shall be made.
