(A) Upon receipt of a written application for registration as a private patrol operator, the City Manager shall conduct an appropriate investigation in order to ascertain whether the registration shall be granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. He shall grant the registration requested, unless, as a result of such investigation, he finds any of the following facts to be present:
(1) The applicant or any proposed private patrol officer has been finally convicted of a felony, or any crime involving moral turpitude, within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application.
(2) The applicant, any partner or principal officer of an applicant, or any proposed private patrol officer, is of bad moral character.
(3) The applicant, or any proposed private patrol officer, is not licensed pursuant to the Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 7500 et seq.
(B) The City Manager shall be authorized to impose such reasonable conditions, including, but not limited to, approval of the type of badges and/or uniforms utilized by a private patrol officer, upon the granting of registration as he may deem necessary or expedient to insure compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and to protect the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants.
('83 Code, § 5.44.040)