(A) All licenses issued under this chapter shall be effective for only one year commencing with the date of approval by the City Clerk or City Council. An application for the renewal of an existing license shall be submitted to the City Clerk at least 60 calendar days prior to the expiration date of the existing license.
(B) Within 30 calendar days of receipt by the City Clerk of a fully completed renewal application, the City Clerk and Chief of Police or designee shall verify any and all of the information requested of the applicant in the renewal application, including the ordering of criminal background checks, and shall conduct any necessary investigation to assure compliance with this chapter. No later than 30 calendar days after the completion of the renewal application verification and investigation by the City Clerk or designee, as prescribed herein, the City Clerk shall issue a renewal license, unless one or more of the conditions listed in § 110.20 exist.
(C) If the City Clerk denies a renewal application, the City Clerk shall notify the applicant in accordance with this chapter and the notice shall, in addition, state the grounds for the denial.
(D) After the denial of a renewal application by the City Clerk, the applicant may appeal the City Clerk’s determination to the City Council in accordance with § 110.18 or by immediately challenging the determination in a court of law. If the city denies renewal of a license under this chapter, the applicant shall not be issued a license under this chapter for one year from the date of denial. If, subsequent to the denial, the city finds that the basis for the denial of the renewal license has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a license if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date the denial became final.
(‘81 Code, § 4-39) (Ord. 619, passed 9-26-96)