N.Y. Town Law § 137: Issuing of licenses

§ 137. Issuing of licenses. 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.