Section 17-309. Applications; hearings

a. All applications for a license or
  permit shall be accompanied by payment of the fee and shall be  in  such
  form and detail as the commissioner may prescribe.
    b.  In  addition  to  any other information required, the commissioner
  shall require the following information:
    1. The name, home and  business  address  of  the  applicant.  If  the
  applicant  is  applying  for  a  permit  to  vend food from a vehicle or
  pushcart in a public place, the name, home address and license number of
  every food vendor who will be authorized  to  operate  such  applicant's
  vehicle  or  pushcart  and the legal relationship between such applicant
  and such food vendor.
    2. A description of the food to be offered for sale and a  description
  of the vehicle or pushcart to be used and a statement whether or not the
  application is for a fresh fruits and vegetables permit.
    3.  Three  prints of a full-face photograph of the applicant taken not
  more than thirty days prior to the date of the application.
    4. Proof that the applicant has obtained a certificate of authority to
  collect sales taxes pursuant to section eleven  hundred  thirty-four  of
  the  tax  law  and  has  a  tax clearance certificate from the state tax
  commission of the state of New York.
    5. Whether such applicant  is  an  individual,  partnership  or  other
  association,  or a corporation or limited liability company, and if such
  applicant is an individual applying for a permit to  vend  food  from  a
  vehicle  or  pushcart in a public place, whether any of such applicant's
  unemancipated children hold such  permits;  if  a  partnership,  limited
  liability  company  or  other  association, the name and address of each
  partner, member, officer or manager of such entity;  if  a  corporation,
  the names and addresses of the officers, directors and shareholders.
    6.  An  applicant  who is a non-resident of the city shall provide the
  name and address of a registered agent within the city or designate  the
  commissioner as his or her agent upon whom process or other notification
  may be served.
    7.  No  City  officer  or  employee shall inquire about an applicant's
  immigration or  citizenship  status  as  part  of  an  application  made
  pursuant  to  this section. Information about an applicant's immigration
  or  citizenship  status  shall  not  affect  the  consideration  of  the
  application for a food vendor's license or renewal thereof.
    8.  Proof  that  the  applicant  has  obtained the appropriate seal of
  approval from a weights and measures official for his or her weighing or
  measuring device  or  system  as  required  under  section  one  hundred
  eighty-three of the agriculture and markets law.
    c.  Only  a  licensed  food vendor may be issued a vehicle or pushcart
  permit. The application for such permit shall set forth the  information
  required   in  paragraphs  one,  two,  four,  five,  six  and  seven  of
  subdivision b  of  this  section  and  such  other  information  as  the
  commissioner may prescribe.
    d.  Upon  approval  of  an  application the commissioner shall issue a
  license to the applicant for a license and a permit  and  plate  to  the
  applicant  for  a vehicle or pushcart permit. Such license shall contain
  the name and address of the licensee, his or her license  number  and  a
  non-removable  photograph  of  such  licensee.  The plate shall indicate
  whether or not the permit is a fresh fruits and vegetable permit.