§ 20-176.77. Fees; applications; renewals; licensing.

(a)

The fees for the initial application shall be established by administrative order of the county administrator and approved by the commission.

(b)

Any business enterprise maintaining more than one (1) repair shop or facility shall separately register each facility and pay a separate fee for each such facility.

(c)

Applications, renewal applications and applications for a duplicate license shall be submitted on a form provided by the CAD. The forms shall contain sufficient information to identify the motor vehicle repair facility, including name, address, and any other identifying data which the director prescribes. If the business is to be carried on under a fictitious name, the fictitious name shall be given. If the business is a partnership, identifying data as prescribed by the director shall be given for each partner. If the business is a corporation, data shall be given for each officer and director of the corporation, as well as the person or persons in charge of each place of business in Broward County.

(d)

Upon receipt of the completed application form and fee, and after determining that there is no reason why the application should not be validated, the director shall validate the application and return a copy thereof to the applicant. The license shall be effective for the one-year time period prescribed by the director; except that, at the discretion of the director, a license may be effective for a longer period of time, up to eighteen (18) months, for the purpose of enabling renewals to occur at various times during the year. Each license shall be displayed by the place of business for which the license was obtained and shall be in full view of the customer.

(e)

Prior to expiration of the initial license or expiration of the annual license, whichever is the case, an applicant may apply for an annual license. As a part of the renewal process, the original application shall be updated and verified by the applicant on forms prescribed by the CAD. Each updated renewal shall be submitted prior to expiration of the current initial or annual license and shall be accompanied by a fee which shall be established by resolution of the commissioners. All renewal application fees shall be deposited with original application fees and other charges and fees under this article in a separate Broward County fund and shall be used exclusively to accomplish the purpose of this division.

(f)

In the event of loss, destruction or mutilation of the license or registration, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate copy upon furnishing satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or mutilation, and upon paying the required fee.

(Ord. No. 91-25, § 1, 6-11-91; Ord. No. 2019-08 , § 1, 2-26-19)