(A) All applications for licensing or registration shall be immediately referred to the Chief of Police and by him or her or other person acting in his or her stead, investigated as to the truth thereof. The Chief of Police shall have five business days within which to investigate and make a recommendation thereon.
(B) If he or she finds no past history of the applicant indicating violations similar to those declared unlawful in this section, he or she shall recommend issuing a license or approving registration, as the case may be, and the City Administrator shall forthwith advise the applicant. The City Administrator shall issue a license, upon payment of the fee therefor, to the approved applicant for business solicitation, and shall approve the completion of registration by the applicant for a contribution solicitor.
(C) If the Chief of Police finds a past history of the applicant indicating violations similar to those declared unlawful in this section, he or she shall recommend denial of the license or registration. In all matters of recommended denial, the applicant shall be forthwith advised thereof and the application shall be referred to the Council and considered by it at its next regular or special meeting occurring more than ten days thereafter. The applicant shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the meeting.
(Prior Code, § 6.23) (Ord. 321, Second Series, passed 10-13-2009)