A. Requirement for License. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence, practice, transact or carry on any business, as set out in this article, without first having procured a license from the Town to do so, or without complying with any and all regulations of such trade, calling, profession, occupation or business. The granting of a license is not to be deemed as evidence or proof that the licensee has complied with the provisions of this chapter or other provisions of the Oro Valley Town Code, nor shall it estop prosecution by the town for any violation of its Town Code.

B. Issuance by Town Clerk; Contents. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or designated person, to prepare and issue a license under this article for each person required to be licensed hereunder. The license shall contain on its face the license fee, the time period covered, the name of the licensee, the business licensed and the location or the place of business licensed.

C. Compliance with Article. The license tax shall be as provided hereunder and each license shall be issued for the period of time provided in this article.

D. Exemptions. License taxes levied by the Town of Oro Valley shall not be presumed to apply to any part of a business which is a part of interstate commerce, or in which such business is conducted as an agency or department of the United States Government for which such government has failed to make provisions allowing states and municipalities to so tax.

E. Exemptions for Occupations Paying Privilege Tax. This article shall not apply to, or be deemed to impose an occupational license tax from, any person licensed and taxed pursuant to Chapter 8A; provided, however, such exemption shall only apply to that portion of his business activities for which the tax levied pursuant to Chapter 8A must be paid; and further provided, that such person shall pay an occupational license tax pursuant to this chapter as to any portion of his business activities for which the tax levied pursuant to Chapter 8A is not applicable.

F. Separate Licenses Required for Separate Places of Business. A separate license must be obtained for each branch establishment or separate place of business. The person licensed shall conduct only the business described in the license and only at the location or place of business therein described.

G. Licenses To Be Displayed; Exhibition Upon Demand. Every person having a license under the provisions of this article carrying on a business at a fixed place of business shall keep such license posted and exhibited in a conspicuous place within the business. Persons having a license but without a fixed place or location of business shall carry such license at all times while conducting the business for which the license was granted. Licensee shall produce and exhibit the license whenever requested by any police officer or any person authorized to issue, inspect or collect licenses.

H. When Certificate or Permit from Health Department Required. A license for any business subjected to a certificate of health or sanitary examination will not be issued until the requisite inspection or examination is completed and a certificate or permit has been issued by the Pima County Health Department.

I. Transferability, Assignability. Licenses are nontransferable and nonassignable; except, the Town Clerk may, upon receipt of a transfer fee of ten dollars ($10.00) and an updated application, authorize the transfer or assignment of any license to another person by written endorsement thereon, when satisfied that the original applicant sold or otherwise disposed of all interest in the business for which such license was issued and that the transferee or assignee has complied with all other provisions of this article.

J. Applicability to Business, Occupations Located Outside Town. Persons who conduct an established business, profession, trade or calling outside the Town limits, but solicit, canvass or advertise within the Town and deliver products or perform a service within the Town shall pay a license tax.

K. Notice of Termination of Business Required. Notification of termination of the licensed business shall be made to the Town in writing no later than ten (10) days after termination of the business. ((O)06-21, 10/18/2006)