Except as otherwise provided in this Code, upon completion of the background investigation of the applicant, the Chief of Police or designee shall issue the permit unless:
(A) The applicant has knowingly made false or misleading statements of a material fact or omitted a material fact in the application; or
(B) The operation of the firearm dealer business as proposed in the application for the permit will violate any applicable building, fire, health, or zoning requirement set forth in this Code; or
(C) The applicant is under 21 years of age; or
(D) The applicant has had a similar permit or license previously revoked or denied for good cause within one year immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application; or
(E) The applicant has not been licensed as a firearm dealer as required by federal law and the State of California; or
(F) The applicant, within five years immediately preceding the date of filing the application has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of any of the following offenses:
(1) Any offense involving the use of force or violence upon the person of another; or
(2) Any offense of theft, embezzlement, or receiving stolen property; or
(3) Any felony offense involving the sale, manufacture, possession, or use of any controlled substance as defined by the California Health and Safety Code; or
(4) Any offense in another state which, if committed in this state, would have been punishable as one of the offenses specified above and immediately preceding; or
(G) The applicant is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, any violation of federal, state or local law relating to the manufacture, sale, transfer, lease, registration, use, or possession of any firearm or ammunition; or
(H) The applicant fails to remove the authority of any officer, agent or employee to act on behalf of the applicant in the firearm dealer business within five working days after applicant receives written notification by certified mail or personal delivery from the Chief of Police, that:
(1) Any officer, employee, or agent of the applicant, is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, any violation of federal, state or local law relating to the manufacture, sale, transfer, lease, registration, use, or possession of any firearm or ammunition; or
(2) Any officer, employee, or agent of the applicant, is a person in a prohibited class described in Section 12021 or Section 12021.1 of the California Penal Code or Section 8100 or Section 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; or
(I) The applicant is a person in a prohibited class described in Section 12021 or Section 12021.1 of the California Penal Code or Section 8100 or Section 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; or
(J) The applicant has failed to provide evidence of a possessory interest, such as the interest of an owner, tenant, lessee or sublessee, in the property where the proposed business will be conducted; or
(K) The applicant has failed to obtain a zoning use certificate required by this Code.