(A) The Clerk-Treasurer before issuing any license or permit provided for in this chapter shall investigate, as determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety, the character of the applicant and the officers, directors and managers of the business if it is a corporation.
(B) Following the investigation, the Clerk- Treasurer may deny an application for a license or a permit under this chapter if he or she determines that any of the following events has occurred or conditions exists:
(1) If applicant is non-natural person, the applicant is not organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, is not controlled by the laws of the State of Indiana, or is not authorized and qualified to engage in business in the State of Indiana;
(2) The applicant has refused to permit an inspection of the hotel, motel and any other place of lodging;
(3) The applicant or any person having a financial interest in the applicant or associated premises have previously been connected with any hotel, motel, or any other place of lodging where the license or permit therefore has been revoked or any of the provisions of the law applicable to the establishments has been violated and not remediated after notice of the violation;
(4) The applicant, any person having a financial interest in the applicant or associated premises, or an employee of the applicant has previously been convicted of a felony in connection with the operation of any hotel, motel or other place of lodging;
(5) The motel, or any other place of lodging and/or its premises are conducted, maintained or supervised in such a manner as to create a nuisance, or a threat to the public health or general welfare;
(6) The applicant, any person having a financial interest in the applicant or associated premises or an employee of the applicant has been deemed to be aiding, abetting, encouraging, permitting, harboring, or engaged in criminal conductor criminal activities at the hotel, motel or other place of lodging or on its premises;
(7) The applicant or any person having a financial interest in the applicant or associated premises has previously filed an application with the city for a license under this chapter, and that such application contained material omissions and/or materially false or misleading information;
(8) The applicant, any person having a financial interest in the applicant or associated premises or the hotel, motel or other place of lodging and/or the premises sought to be licensed has failed to comply in any manner with any city ordinances, or state law applicable thereto, in addition to any provisions of the revised code and the revised code of Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (the “Health and Hospital Code”) apply within the corporate boundaries of the city.
(C) If the application is denied by the Clerk-Treasurer, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the reasons for the rejection and shall have the right to appeal this decision to the Board of Public Works and Safety as provided in § 119.16 of this chapter.
(Ord. 7, 2014, passed 7-7-14)