Section 137. Issuing of licenses  


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  • If any such trade, occupation or use of
      premises shall be prohibited without a license,  the  town  board  shall
      establish uniform fees for the issuance of such licenses and may require
      applicants  for  licenses to submit written applications supplying under
      affidavit such information as the town board may require.
        Upon receipt of the license fee  therefor,  the  town  clerk,  or  the
      building  inspector  as  provided in section one hundred thirty-eight of
      this chapter, shall issue a license specifying the trade, occupation  or
      use  of  premises  thereby  authorized  and  such  license  shall become
      effective from the date thereof and shall continue in force for the term
      specified therein but shall not be transferable. Such  a  license  shall
      not  be  issued  for  a longer term than one year from the date thereof.
      The town board may by resolution provide for the staggering of licensing
      periods. Should such action  result  in  a  licensing  period  which  is
      shorter  than  the regular licensing period, the town clerk shall adjust
      the fee proportionately. A license may be refused if the applicant shall
      have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, which in the judgment of
      the town clerk or the building inspector renders the applicant unfit  or
      undesirable to carry on the trade or occupation involved. The town clerk
      or the building inspector may also refuse a license to any person who in
      his  judgment  shall  be  an undesirable person or incapable of properly
      conducting the trade or business desired. Any  applicant  who  has  been
      refused  a license by the town clerk or the building inspector may apply
      to the town board therefor, and the same may be granted  or  refused  by
      the  board,  except as prohibited herein. After a public hearing thereon
      at which the licensee shall have an opportunity to be  heard,  the  town
      board  may  revoke any license issued under authority of this article to
      any applicant whom the town board shall determine to be  an  undesirable
      person  or  incapable  of  properly  conducting  the  trade  or business
      previously licensed. The granting, refusal or revocation of such license
      by the town board shall be subject to review by certiorari.