(A) The Administration shall act promptly upon a timely completed application, but in no event later than ten business days after a completed application is submitted. Except as otherwise provided in § 7-3-11(D) of this article, if a completed application is not submitted at least 11 business days before the proposed special event, the permit application will not be timely and the Administration shall be under no obligation to review and act upon the application. The Administration shall, after due consideration of the date, time, and place of the special event, anticipated number of participants, and city services required in connection with the event, make the determination whether to review and act upon such permit application.
(B) Upon review of an application, the Administration shall issue a permit unless, from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained, one or more of the grounds listed in § 7-3-9 of this article for denying a permit exists.
(C) The Administration shall notify the applicant of any denial of a permit under this article and the reasons for the denial by email and either personal delivery or certified mail.
(D) With regard to public assembly special events that are in response to rapidly evolving news events, the Administration shall expedite review of completed applications.