(a) Effect of license; deadline for renewal application. All licenses issued under this Division M shall be effective for one year from the date of approval by the City Council. An application for the renewal of an existing license shall be made prior to the expiration date of the license and shall be made in such form as the
requires. If, in the judgment of the City Council, good and sufficient cause is shown by an applicant for the applicant’s failure to submit a renewal application before the expiration of the existing license, the City Council may, if the other provisions of this Division M are complied with, grant the renewal application.
(b) Consideration of renewal application. Within a reasonable period after the completion of the renewal license verification process by the
, the
shall accept or deny the renewal license application in accordance with this Division M. If the renewal application is denied, the
shall notify the applicant of the determination in writing. The notice shall be mailed by regular mail to the applicant at the address provided in the application and it shall inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 20 days after receipt of the notice by the applicant to request an appeal of the
determination to the City Council. If an appeal to the City Council is timely received by the
, the hearing before the City Council shall take place within a reasonable period of receipt of the appeal by the
.
(1958 Code, § 154.04) (Ord. 37, passed 8-7-1961; Ord. 41, passed 9-6-1961; Ord. 92-36, passed 7-27-1992; recodified by Ord. 95-13, passed 8-7-1995; Ord. 97-16, passed 5-5-1997; added by Ord. 98-27, passed 6-15-1998; Ord. 2008-15, passed 5-5-2008)