<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-88. - License required.</div>
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               (a)
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               It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as an outdoor tour operator
               or to operate an outdoor tour vehicle in the designated area without a license issued
               pursuant to this article. The license shall be effective only for term of two years
               stated in the license and upon payment of any annual fee, unless suspended or revoked
               sooner as provided for by ordinance and may not be transferred.
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               (b)
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               No more than ten licenses to engage in business as an outdoor tour operator or to
               operate outdoor tour vehicles in the designated area shall be issued at any one time.
               In the event that a license is forfeited, revoked, not renewed or otherwise vacated,
               the county manager or county manager's designee may solicit by public notification
               applications for the available license. The county manager or county manager's designee
               shall then use a lottery in selecting from among the qualified license applicants.
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               (c)
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               Each license may allow an outdoor tour operator to operate at any given point in time
               and only on approved routes five outdoor tour vehicles or the number of outdoor tour
               vehicles allowed in an issued special use permit, whichever is less.
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               (d)
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               Any outdoor tour operator lawfully operating more outdoor tour vehicles than allowed
               pursuant to <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH8LIBURE_ARTIVOUTOOP_S8-88LIRE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12419">section 8-88</a>(c) of this article on the date that this ordinance becomes effective shall be deemed
               a nonconforming use. Any use determined to be a nonconforming use by application of
               the provisions of <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH8LIBURE_ARTIVOUTOOP_S8-88LIRE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12419">section 8-88</a>(d) of this article shall be permitted to continue for a period not to exceed one
               year from the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived.
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               (e)
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               For the year 2020, the annual license fee required in subsection (a) of this section
               shall be in the amount of 75 percent of the fee for outdoor tour operator license
               set forth in the Currituck County Master Fee Schedule.
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               (Ord. of 1-7-13, pt. I; Ord. of 4-21-14(1), pt. I; Ord. of 6-1-20, pt. I; Ord. of
               12-7-20, pt. I)
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