(A) Upon receipt of a completed application, the city shall send photocopies of the application to the city departments responsible for the enforcement of health, fire, building, and zoning codes and laws. Each department shall investigate the application for compliance with its respective policies and codes and approve or disapprove the application within 20 days of the receipt of the application by the city. A department shall disapprove an application if it finds that the business would be in violation of a specific provision of a statute, code, resolution, regulation, or other law in effect in the city.
(B) An application shall be disapproved if a criminal background check reveals that any owner, operator, partner, principal shareholder, permittee, licensee, or employee has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following :
(1) A violation of R.C. §§ 2919.22 or 2919.24, any crime of violence as defined in the Ohio Revised Code, any violation of R.C. Chapter 2907, or any violation of R.C. Chapter 2925.
(2) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any political subdivision of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in division (B)(1) of this section.
(Ord. 09-17, passed 8-4-09)