The Business License/Finance Department shall grant the vendor’s permit or operator’s permit only if he or she finds that all of the following requirements have been met:
(A) The required fees have been paid.
(B) The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this chapter.
(C) The applicant has not made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application.
(D) The applicant has not had a similar permit denied or revoked by the city within a period of one year prior to the date of such application.
(E) (1) The applicant if an individual; or any of the directors, officers or stockholders holding more than 5% of the stock of the corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, or profit interest holder, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed business of vending from a vehicle or a natural person employed or contracted with to be a driver or vendor, has not been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty within a five years prior to his or her application for a permit to a misdemeanor or felony crime of moral turpitude or drug-related misdemeanor or felony crime, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) The sale of a controlled substance specified in Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 11054 through 11058.
(b) The sale, distribution or display of harmful or obscene matter.
(c) Indecent exposure.
(d) In the case of applications for a vendor’s permit by a person who will be a driver of a vehicle pursuant to this section, alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses.
(2) The investigating city employee is specifically authorized to obtain state summary criminal history record information as provided for in Cal. Penal Code § 11105. Any complaint about the charges listed in division (E)(1) above pending before a court of law shall cause the application to be considered pending until adjudication of the complaint.
(Ord. 1082, passed 5-18-94; Am. Ord. 1431, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1432, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1436, passed 2-6-19)