Suisun City Municipal Code Art. III Application and Issuance

A. Every person required to have a license under the provisions of this chapter shall make application for the same to the collector of the city. Such application shall be a written statement upon a form provided by such collector and shall be written by the applicant under penalty of perjury. The application shall set forth such information as may be necessary to properly determine the amount of the license tax to be paid by the applicant.

B. Every person making application for a license, with a fixed place of business, shall provide the collector of the city with an applicable occupancy permit prior to issuance of a license.

C. Every person making application for a license or license renewal shall provide the collector of the city with proof of payment of the benefit assessment levy, as required by Chapter 3.40 of this code, prior to issuance or renewal of a license.

(Ord. 682 § 2, 2005; Ord. 600 (part), 1992: Ord. 599 (part), 1991: Ord. 433 § 3.05, 1979)

No statement shall be conclusive as to the matters set forth therein, nor shall the filing of the same preclude the city from collecting by appropriate action such sum as is actually due and payable under this chapter.

(Ord. 600 (part), 1992: Ord. 599 (part), 1991: Ord. 433 § 3.10, 1979)

A. The information furnished or secured pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed confidential in character, as state and federal laws allow, and shall not be subject to public inspection and shall be kept so that the contents thereof shall not become known except to the persons charged with the administration of this chapter.

(Ord. 600 (part), 1992: Ord. 599 (part), 1991: Ord. 433 § 3.15, 1979)

A. If any person fails to file any required statement within the time prescribed, or if, after demand therefor has been made by the collector, they fail to file a corrected statement within 15 days after notification to do so, or it appears to the satisfaction of the collector that a statement filed does not set forth the true facts of the business for which a license is required, the collector shall determine the amount of license tax due from such person by means of such information as it may be able to obtain.

B. In case such determination is made, the collector shall give notice of the amount so assessed by serving it personally or by depositing it in the U.S. Post Office in the city, postage prepaid, addressed to the person as assessed at the address appearing on his last license or application.

C. Such person may, within ten days after the serving or mailing of such notice, make application in writing to the collector for a hearing on the amount of the license tax. If such application is made, the collector shall give not less than five days' written notice, in the manner prescribed in this section, to the licensee to show cause, at a time and place fixed in the notice, why the amount specified therein should not be fixed for such license. At the hearing, the licensee may appear and offer evidence why such specified tax should not be fixed as the license tax. After such hearing, the tax collector shall determine the proper tax to be charged and shall forthwith give written notice to the licensee in the manner prescribed in this section of such determination and the amount of such tax.

D. If application by the licensee for a hearing is not made within the time prescribed, the license tax determined by the collector shall become final and conclusive.

(Ord. 600 (part), 1992: Ord. 599 (part), 1991: Ord. 433 § 3.20, 1979)

A. Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative officer or agency with respect to the issuance or refusal to issue a license, or the amount of a license tax, may appeal to the city council by filing a notice of appeal with the collector within 15 days of such decision. The council shall fix a time and place for hearing such appeal and the collector shall give notice in writing to such person of the time and place of hearing by serving it personally or by depositing it in the U.S. Post Office in the city, postage prepaid, addressed to such person at the address appearing on his last license or application. The findings of the council shall be final and conclusive and shall be served upon the applicant in the manner prescribed in this subsection for service of notice of hearing.

B. The amount of any license tax finally determined as provided in this section or Section 5.04.180 shall be due and payable as of the date the original license fee was due and payable, together with any penalties that may be due thereon; provided, however, that if the amount of such license tax is fixed in accordance with the original statement of the applicant, then no penalty shall attach by reason of any delinquency.

(Ord. 600 (part), 1992: Ord. 599 (part), 1991: Ord. 433 § 3.25, 1979)