Brisbane Municipal Code Ch. 5.08 Administration

The finance director of the city is designated the license collector of the city.

(Ord. 232 § 2-1, 1977).

The license collector may make any administrative rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of Chapters 5.04 through 5.24 as may be necessary and desirable to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of Chapters 5.04 through 5.24.

(Ord. 232 2-3, 1977).

It shall be the duty of the license collector, his/her deputies, agents or employees, to administer Chapters 5.04 through 5.24 in accordance with the terms thereof. It shall be the duty of the license collector and he/she shall have the power regularly and promptly to require the licensing of all business and to cause the collection of the fees therefor and the prosecution of all persons violating any of the provisions of Chapters 5.04 through 5.24.

(Ord. 232 § 2-2(a), 1977).

The chief of police and all police officers shall have and exercise the power and it shall be their duty:

A. To make arrests for the violation of any of the provisions of Chapters 5.04 through 5.24;

B. To enter free of charge at any reasonable time any place of business for which a license is required, and to demand the exhibition of such license for the current term from any person engaged or employed in the transaction of such business; and

C. To require the holder of any fee license to write his signature for purposes of comparison with that appearing on the original license.

(Ord. 232 § 2-2(b), 1977).

A. No license shall be issued by the city for the conducting of any of the businesses enumerated in this section until approval has first been obtained from the city council granting the applicant the right to so conduct such businesses; such businesses requiring city council approval shall be as follows:

1. Amusement concessions;

2. Boardinghouses;

3. Bowling alleys;

4. Cabarets;

5. Carnivals;

6. Circuses;

7. Dog kennels;

8. Exhibitions;

9. Fairs;

10. Lodginghouses;

11. Pool halls;

12. Public dances and public dancehalls;

13. Secondhand dealers or collectors;

14. Shooting galleries and rifle ranges;

15. Skating rinks;

16. Theaters;

17. Public baths;

18. Any other business similar in nature which might be dangerous to or affect the public morals, health, peace or safety or be dangerous to surrounding property.

B. Whenever any person desires to open or keep open any business specified in this section, he shall petition the city council to order a license therefor, which petition shall set forth the name of the applicant, the character of the business and the location of the premises where the business is to be conducted. On the hearing of such petition, the city council may grant the same in whole or in part, or may reject the same, and no license shall be issued thereon, except as ordered by the city council.

(Ord. 232 § 9-1, 1977).