(A) If the application is that of a natural person, the application shall be signed and sworn to by that person; if of a corporation, by an officer thereof; if of a partnership, by one of the general partners; if of an unincorporated association, by the manager or managing officer thereof.
(B) Applications for licenses under this chapter shall be submitted to the City Clerk. Within 30 calendar days of receipt of a completed application and payment of all licensing application fees, the City Clerk and Police Chief or their designees shall verify any and all of the information requested of the applicant in the application including the ordering of criminal background checks, and conduct any necessary investigation to assure compliance with this chapter. The period for investigation may be extended 15 days by the City Council if an out-of-state investigation is required.
(‘81 Code, § 4-35)
(C) (1) No later than 30 calendar days after the completion of the license application verification and investigation by the City Clerk, as prescribed in divisions (A) and (B) above, the City Clerk shall accept or deny the license application in accordance with this chapter. If the application is denied, the City Clerk shall notify the applicant of the determination in writing. The notice shall be mailed by certified and regular mail to the applicant at the address provided on the application form and it shall inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 20 calendar days of receipt of the notice by the applicant, to request an appeal of the City Clerk’s determination to the City Council or to immediately challenge the determination in a court of law.
(2) If an appeal to the City Council is timely received by the City Clerk, the hearing before the City Council shall take place within 20 calendar days of the receipt of the appeal by the City Clerk. If an application is granted for a location where a building is under construction or not ready for occupancy, the license shall not be delivered to the licensee until a certificate of occupancy has been issued for the licensed premises. During the application consideration process prescribed herein, an applicant operating a business not previously subject to the license provisions of this chapter may remain operating pending the outcome of the application consideration.
(‘81 Code, § 4-36)
(Ord. 619, passed 9-26-96)