§ 851-9. Requirement for License.  


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  • No person shall be licensed as a distributor unless such person has been a bona fide resident of Hamilton County for a period of at least two years immediately preceding the application for such license and unless such person is of good moral character. No person shall be licensed as an exhibitor unless such person is of good moral character. No firm or corporation shall be licensed as a distributor unless the business is operated from a location within Hamilton County, unless all partners or the chief business manager or other controlling executive officers of such firm or corporation shall have been residents of Hamilton County for a period of at least two years immediately preceding the application for such license, and unless all of said persons are of good moral character. No exhibitor's license shall be issued in the name of a firm or corporation. A person convicted within the preceding 10 years of a felony or within the preceding 5 years of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or gambling shall be considered as being not of good moral character.

    Any distributor operating in the city of Cincinnati and not in compliance with the residency requirements of this section shall be eligible to receive a distributor's license until June 30, 1984, regardless of the residency provisions of this section. After June 30, 1984, all applicants for a distributor's license must comply with the residency requirement.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 249-1982, eff. June 16, 1982)