1. Upon receipt of an application for a license, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall refer one copy to the Chief of Police who shall note thereon any record concerning the applicant which may appear from the official records and return the same promptly to the City Clerk-Treasurer.
2. The City Clerk-Treasurer shall cause such other investigation or inquiry to be made concerning the applicant as may be deemed necessary to determine the character and business responsibility of the applicant and whether the application is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this article.
3. If, as a result of the investigation, the character and business responsibility of the applicant are found to be satisfactory and the application is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this article, the City Clerk-Treasurer, upon payment of the prescribed license fee, shall issue the license, together with any badge, tag or other materials properly an accompaniment thereto.
4. If, as a result of the investigation provided for in this article, the applicant’s character or business responsibility are found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police or the City Clerk-Treasurer shall endorse on such application disapproval thereof and the reasons for the same, and the City Clerk-Treasurer shall then notify the applicant that the application has been disapproved and that no license will be issued.
5. Any applicant aggrieved by the action of the Chief of Police or the City Clerk-Treasurer in the denial of a license as provided in subsection 4. above, shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the City Council. Such appeal shall be filed, in writing with the City Council, within 14 days after notice of the action complained of has been given to the applicant personally or mailed, postage prepaid, to the last known address thereof. The City Council shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal and notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant at least five days prior to the date set for hearing. The decision and order of the City Council on such appeal shall be final and conclusive.
6. A fee of $35 per day, $75 for three days or $100 for seven days, shall be paid to the City Clerk-Treasurer at the time of application, with exception of mobile ice cream and snow-cone sales operators, licensed to sell their products by the appropriate state and local business and health authorities, for which a fee of $20 per calendar year shall be paid.