What businesses should the City of Decorah license?

Most of the City of Decorah's ordinances which relate to business licensing were last revised in 1976.  Some of the ordinances read like that.

For instance, city code requires dance halls to pay a license fee of one dollar per day or twenty-five dollars per year.  Pawnbrokers, door-to-door peddlers and "junk dealers" also are required to pay for a license under city ordinances.  Parades are required to pay one dollar a day for a license, while "public amusements" must pay a two dollar per day license fee, while circuses and carnivals draw a 25 dollar license.

Of course, you need a license to sell alcoholic beverages or cigarettes.  There's also a license required for taxicab drivers.  But Decorah City Council members are being asked whether, in this day of Uber, taxi licenses make sense.  City officials are especially struggling with language in the taxi licensing which requires city officials to review "the character of the applicant."  What does that phrase mean, in practical applications?

The issue was discussed in a committee meeting last week at City Hall.  City council members have been given the licensing language from city ordinances and will discuss the issue again in the future.