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the company shall be stated. Accompanying the application shall be a signed copy of the agreement and contract between the owner and the company in whose name the auto wrecker is to operate. The auto wrecker permit shall be issued in the joint names, and no transfer from one company to another company by the owner shall be permitted. If the applicant is an individual, the application shall so state. If the applicant is a partnership, the partnership name and address shall be given together with the names and addresses of all partners. If the applicant is a corporation, the corporate name and office address shall be given, together with the names and addresses of the president and secretary. All of the provisions and requirements applicable to persons in this article shall apply to and be required of each partner or each principal officer, and the failure of any of them to meet such requirements shall be grounds to deny the application of the corporation or partnership. All changes of such officers or partners shall be reported to the city secretary within ten days after the change, and such new officers or partners shall individually file applications certifying to their individual qualifications within such time. The failure to certify within such time or to possess such qualifications required of such persons under this article shall be cause for the suspension of all permits held by such corporation or partnership. (2) The application shall list the make, model, motor number and correct state license number of the vehicle to be licensed by the applicant as an auto wrecker. (3) Any person making application for an auto wrecker permit shall deposit with the city secretary, upon making the application, a sum of money in the amount established by the city and listed in appendix A of this Code. Such sum shall be used to pay for the advertising of such application in the newspaper for two consecutive weeks, and for staffing, processing, and reproduction costs incurred in connection with the application. Within 15 days after receiving such sum and qualifying data, the city shall cause to be published in the newspaper for two consecutive weeks a notice to all holders of auto wrecker permits and all other interested persons. Such notice shall advertise the time and place of the public hearing, which hearing shall be held not less than 15 days from the date of the first publication. Such notice shall give the name of the applicant, the name of the business under which the applicant proposes to operate and any other pertinent data that the city secretary may deem necessary. If the amount deposited is insufficient to pay the cost of the advertising, staffing, processing, and reproduction costs associated with the application, the city secretary shall then require the applicant to pay for the deficiency. (4) The committee shall have in attendance at such hearing a representative from the city legal department, and any other persons that it may deem necessary to conduct such hearing. (5) In determining whether the permit shall be granted, the committee shall take into consideration the following: a. The financial responsibility of the applicant; b. Make, model and type of vehicle to be used; c. Whether or not all insurance required by this article has been procured, or will be procured; d. That the applicant has a properly fenced storage facility for wrecked vehicles, the size of his business location and lot, that the lot is located within the city limits and conforms to the use, setbacks, parking, screening, landscaping and any other applicable regulations as set forth in Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances. It is the responsibility of the applicant to request a site inspection from the Planning Department, Inspections Division prior to the hearing; e. Determine that all city ad valorem taxes and other taxes of the applicant have been paid;