(A) Denial by Commission; grounds. The Commission, upon the receipt of the application, shall either grant or deny the application. Denial may be upon one or more of the grounds in the act and/or regulations set by the Commission.
(B) Denial by the Council; grounds. The Council, upon the receipt of the report of the Chief of Police, shall either grant or deny the application. A license application for a new license or the transfer of an existing license shall be denied if the Council finds one or more of the following:
(1) That the applicant or any person financially interested in the applicant or business has been convicted of a felony;
(2) That, in the opinion of the Council, the applicant or any person financially interested in the applicant or business is not of good moral character;
(3) That any of the information furnished or required in the application or submitted in connection with the application was false or misleading, or material information was omitted with the probable intent to conceal the facts; and
(4) That, in the opinion of the Council, the proposed location for the card room would be incompatible with the uses being made of the property in the immediate vicinity or injurious to the health, safety, or morals of the people of the city.
(5) That the applicant or a person financially interested in the applicant or business, does not have a state gambling license or license endorsement for the card room in good standing. For the purposes of this subsection, a license or owner’s license endorsement is not in good standing if the state license or endorsement expired without a new license or endorsement being issued prior to its expiration, the license has been suspended or revoked by the Commission, or the applicant is subject to a pending disciplinary accusation before the Commission which seeks revocation of the applicant’s state gambling license.
(C) Denial; effect. Denial of the application shall cause the applicant to lose his place on the numerical ranking list. If the applicant desires future consideration, he shall file a new application, which shall be placed at the bottom of the numerical ranking of applicants.
(Ord. 2051-C-S, passed 10-25-11; Am. Ord. 2095-C-S, passed 2-24-15; Measure E Initiative, adopted 6-7-16)