San Dimas Municipal Code Ch. 5.16 License Applications

All applications for licenses under this chapter and Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68, shall be in writing upon a form issued by the city clerk. The applicant, in addition, shall submit any further information or evidence in writing as required by the city clerk. The application shall be verified or sworn under penalty of perjury by the applicant and shall be filed with the city clerk.

All applications filed pursuant to the provisions of this section for the purpose of ascertaining business license fees shall be deemed confidential in character and shall not be subject to public inspection. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to preserve and keep such statements so that the contents thereof may not become known, except to the persons required by law with the administration or enforcement of this chapter and Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68.

(Prior code § 8-3)

Any person who fails to file any required application or written statement shall become liable for a violation of this chapter and Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68 from the first date such person should have filed such application or written statement and such penalty shall be added to the amount of the license fee. The city clerk determines the fee such person would have paid if such person had applied for and obtained a license as required under this chapter and Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68.

If any person fails to file an application statement required by this chapter or Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68 within the time prescribed, or after demand therefor has been made by the city clerk, fails to file a corrected application statement, the city clerk may determine the amount of the license fee due from such person from such information as he may be able to obtain and if necessary, may estimate the fee required to be paid hereunder upon the basis of external indices on hand, capital invested, dividends paid, sales or other taxes paid, number of persons employed, or by considering other facts. In such a case, the city clerk shall give notice of the amount so assessed by serving the same personally or by depositing the same in the United States post office in the city, with postage prepaid thereon, addressed to the person so assessed at his last known address. The amount therein set forth shall be assessed as of that date and shall be due and owing as of the first time such amount would have been due and owing under this chapter and Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68, in the amount set forth in this chapter and Chapters 5.04, 5.12, 5.20, 5.24 and 5.68, plus all penalties imposed thereby.

(Prior code § 8-4)