§ 19-413. License required.

Within 60 days of the effective date of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person or business:

(1)

To operate or maintain a payday or title loan business in the city unless the owner, operator or lessee thereof has applied for and obtained a payday loan and title loan business license from the unified government business license administrator; or

(2)

To operate such business after such license has expired or has been revoked or suspended by the unified government business license administrator.

Licenses shall be required for each location a lender operates in the city, shall be valid for a one-year period of time and may be renewed annually. The application shall be in a form to be determined by the unified government license administrator. The annual cost for the license shall be set by the county administrator, payable to the unified government. This license shall be in addition to any other license or license required by other local, state or federal government agencies. No license shall be issued for any business seeking to operate at a location prohibited by any applicable local, state or federal law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation; provided, however, that a business lawfully in existence on the date of adoption of such prohibition may be issued a license if allowed by such provisions.

(Ord. No. O-80-08, § 1, 11-20-2008)