(A) On receipt of an application for a license the City Manager or Manager's designee must transmit the same together with license bond and copy of receipt for license fee to the Chief of Police or other department responsible therefor, who must cause investigation to be made of the qualifications of the applicant and the City Manager or Manager's designee must determine: (1) whether the premises where the licensed activity is located is in compliance with all laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the property; and (2) whether the applicant has complied with all requirements of the ordinance under which the license is to be issued and which requirements are prerequisites to the issuance of the license. For purposes of this section, the term
PREMISES
means the address of the location where the licensed activity takes place. Unless the subdivision of the ordinance pursuant to which the license is to be issued requires issuance of the license by the Council, the City Manager or Manager's designee shall issue the license upon determination that the prerequisites have been complied with, but if the City Manager or Manager's designee shall have determined that the prerequisites have not been complied with the City Manager or Manager's designee shall deny the application for issuance of the license. If any ordinance requires issuance of a license by the Council, the application must be referred, together with a report of the investigation and determination with respect to the applicant and the applicant's compliance with the requirements of the ordinance, to the Council. The Council must thereupon consider the report and findings and may grant or deny the license. The applicant for any license which has been denied by the City Manager or Manager's designee may appeal the decision of the City Manager or Manager's designee to the Council by filing, with the City Manager or Manager's designee, within ten days after receipt of notice of the denial, a request for review by the Council of such determination by the City Manager or Manager's designee. The City Manager or Manager's designee shall thereupon refer the request to the Council at its next regular meeting, at which time the Council shall hear the applicant and review the determination of the City Manager or Manager's designee and may grant or deny the license.
(B) Upon determination of the Council that a license is to be issued the determination must be transmitted to the City Manager or Manager's designee who shall issue the license certificate in duplicate under the municipal corporate seal and deliver one copy to the applicant and retain the other in the license book as a part of the official records.
('72 Code, § 400:21) (Am. Ord. 2004-1014, passed 5-10-04)