Burbank Municipal Code Art. 1 Administration Generally

All fees collected by the City, including license fees, application fees, permit fees and renewal fees, shall be deposited with the City Treasurer at the close of business each day. The Community Development Director shall make such deposit and shall, within twenty four (24) hours thereafter, render a report to the City Treasurer, showing the departments or funds to which such collections are to be credited. [Formerly numbered Section 19-1; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3828, eff. 8/24/12; 2194.]

No license or permit granted or issued under the provisions of this code shall be construed as authorizing the conduct or continuance of any illegal or unlawful business, activity or act. [Formerly numbered Section 19-2; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Any person making or filing a false certificate or statement under the provisions of this chapter, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Formerly numbered Section 19-3; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

A. Responsibility of Community Development Department; Police Department: It shall be the duty of the Community Development Department to enforce each and every provision of this chapter, and the Police Department shall render such assistance in the enforcement thereof as may, from time to time, be required by the Community Development Department.

B. Inspection of Business Premises: The Community Development Director and the Chief of Police, in the exercise of the duties imposed upon them, and acting themselves or through their deputies, shall examine all places of business in the City to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.

C. Examination of License Upon Demand: The Community Development Director and the Chief of Police, and all of their deputies shall have the power and authority to enter, free of charge, at any time, any place of business required to be licensed or otherwise authorized by the provisions of this code, and to demand an exhibition of such license or permit. Any person having any such license or permit theretofore issued in their possession or under their control who fails to exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty provided for by the provisions of this code.

D. Issuance of Complaints to Violators: It shall be the duty of the Community Development Director and each of their deputies to cause a complaint to be filed against any person found to be a violator of any of the provisions of this chapter.

E. Extension of Time for Filing Sworn Statements; Waiver of Penalty: The Community Development Director shall have the power, for good cause shown, to extend the time for filing any sworn statement required by the provisions of this chapter for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, and in such case, to waive any penalty that would otherwise have accrued; and shall have the further power, with the consent of the Council, to compromise any claim as to amount of license fee due.

F. Powers and Duties: The Superintendent of the Building Department and each of their deputies shall have the same powers and duties with reference to Title 9, Chapter 1 of this code as are hereinbefore given to the Community Development Director in this section. [Formerly numbered Section 19-4; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3828, eff. 8/24/12; 2194.]

Licenses and permits, issued under ordinances superseded by this code and still valid and effective, shall continue to be in full force and effect until the expiration thereof, and shall be effective as if issued under the applicable provisions of this code and subject to the terms and conditions thereof. [Formerly numbered Section 19-5; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Unless otherwise provided, every license fee, application fee, permit fee and renewal fee shall be subject to refund as provided by Section 2-1-904 of this code. [Formerly numbered Section 19-6; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2218.]

Whenever the person applying for a license or permit is also the officer or employee charged with the duty and responsibility of approving, granting, issuing, suspending, revoking, or enforcing such license or permit, they shall be relieved of such duty and responsibility, and the approval, granting, issuance, suspension, revocation or enforcement of such license or permit, as the case may be, shall be the duty and responsibility of the City Manager, or if the City Manager is the applicant such duty and responsibility shall devolve upon the Council. [Formerly numbered Section 19-7; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]