§ 12-32. Making false affidavits to procure certificate of use or local business tax receipt prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make any false written affidavit,
omission or misrepresentation as to the amount of the capital invested, or of the
value of stock, goods, or other property invested in the business, and file such affidavit
with the city code enforcement officer, or any other city official for the purpose
of procuring a certificate of use or a local business tax receipt for a less sum than
is lawfully payable by the affiant, or his principle, and any such certificate of
use and local business tax receipt so obtained shall be void.
Any certificate of use or local business tax receipt obtained under the provisions
of this article upon a false statement, an omission, or a misrepresentation of any
material fact, or due to the failure to candidly and definitively state and set out
the exact nature of the business to be operated at the specified location shall be
deemed null and void, and the applicant who has thereafter engaged in any business
under such certificate of use and local business tax receipt shall be subject to prosecution
for doing business without a certificate of use or local business tax receipt, to
the same effect and degree as though no such certificate of use and local business
tax receipt had ever been issued. The business is obligated to continuously disclose
to the city any change in the operation of the business and to comply with all rules
and regulations of the city, state and federal government. Failure to do so will result
in the denial or revocation of the certificate of use.
