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(15) The applicant is delinquent in the payment of any License Receipt Fee imposed under this Article; Code Enforcement Lien; Special Assessment Lien and/or any other debt or obligation due to the City under State or Local Law. B. Any person whose application for license a Citv Business Tax Receipt has been rejected by the Director of Code Enforcement or his designee may appeal the decision by filing a written appeal with the City Manager within ten (10) days of the decision. The City Manager or his designee shall schedule a hearing before a Special Mastcr within thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the appeal. New information and material may be received and considered by the Special Master where such information and material are pertinent to the determination of the appeal and the Special Master shall have the authority to override the decision of the Director of Code Enforcement or his designee. Any applicant whose appeal has been rejected by the Special Master may appeal the decision to the Circuit Court as authorized by law. No applicant aggrieved by the decision of the Code and Licensing Enforcement Official may apply to the Circuit Court for relief unless the applicant has first exhausted the remedies provided for herein and taken all the steps provided in the City's Code of Ordinances. C. At the hearing bcfore the Special Master, the City Attorney shall represent the Special Master and the representative for the City, whether it be the Code and Licensing Enforcement Official, or his designee, shall not act as the legal advocate at a trial in which she/he is likely to be a necessary witness on behalf of the City unless the testimony relates solely to a matter of formality and there is no reason to believe that substantial evidence will be offered in opposition to the testimony. Section 197-14. Renewal oflicense Receipt A. Any current occupational license Local Business Tax Schedule may be rencwed for each new license year by the License officer Citv License Officer without prior approval of any other departments provided the applicant signs the following certification: "I the undersigned hereby certifies that the license for which I am now applying is one for a renewal of a current occupational license Local Business Tax which is now in full force and effect, and that I have not changed the authorized use of the premises and do not plan to make any physical or structural changes to the premises." B. Any renewal application, in which the applicant changes the authorized use of the premises or makes or proposes any physical or structural changes in the premiscs, shall be reprocessed as if the license City Business Tax Receipt were a new license Receipt. C. Renewed licetwes Business Tax Receipts will not be issued until all delinquent payments for any License Receipt Fee imposed under this Article; Code Enforcement Lien; Special 10