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4.6 Duration. An annual license granted under this ordinance shall be valid for one calendar year from the date of issuance. All other licenses granted to peddlers and transient merchants under this ordinance shall be valid only during the time period indicated on the license. SECTION 5. LICENSE INELIGIBILITY. The following :.shall be grounds for denying a peddler or transient merchant license. 5.1 The failure of an applicant to obtain and demonstrate proof of having obtained any required county license. 5.2 The failure of an applicant to truthfully provide any information requested by the city as part of the applicatio. n process. 5.3 The failure of an applicant to sign the license application. 5.4 The failure of an applicant to pay the required fee at the time of application. 5.5 A conviction with the past five (5) years of the date of application for any violation of any federal or state statute or regulation, or of any local ordinance, which adversely reflects upon the person's ability to conduct the business for which the license is being sought in a professional, honest and legal manner. Such violations shall include, but are not limited to, burglary, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, unlawful business practices, and. any form of actual or threatened physical harm against another person. 5.6 The revocation with the past five (5) years of any license issued to an applicant for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant. 5.7 Established bad business reputation. Evidence of a bad business reputation shall include, but is not limited to, the existence of more than three (3) complaints against an applicant with the Better Business Bureau, the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General or other state attorney general's office, or other similar business or consumer rights office or agency, within the preceding twelve (12) months, or three (3) complaints filed with the City against an applicant within the preceding five (5) years. SECTION 6. LICENSE SUPENSION AN❑ REVOCATION 6.1 Generally. Any license issued under this section may be suspended or revoked at the. discretion of the City Council for violation of any of the following: (a) Subsequent knowledge by the city of fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statements provided by an applicant on the application form. (b) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made during the course of the licensed activity. (c) Subsequent conviction of any offense to which the granting of the license could have been denied under Section 4.