(a) The City License Officer shall collect all license fees and shall issue licenses in the name of the City to all persons qualified under the provisions of this article and shall:
(1) Promulgate and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations necessary to the operation and enforcement of this article.
(2) Adopt all forms and prescribe the information to be given therein as to character and other relevant matter for all necessary papers.
(3) Require applicants to submit all affidavits and oaths necessary to the administration of this article.
(4) Submit all applications, in a proper case, to interested City officials for their endorsements thereon as to compliance by the applicant with all City regulations which they have the duty of enforcing.
(5) Investigate and determine the eligibility of any applicant for a license as prescribed herein.
(6) Examine the books and records of any applicant or licensee when reasonably necessary to the administration and enforcement of this article.
(7) Notify any applicant of the acceptance or rejection of his application and shall, upon his refusal of any license or permit, at the applicant's request, state in writing the reasons therefor and deliver them to the applicant.
(b) The License Officer shall keep all information furnished or secured under the authority of this article in strict confidence. Such information shall not be subject to public inspection and shall be kept so that the contents thereof shall not become known except to the person charged with the administration of this article.
(1978 Code Sec. 14-22.)