The following shall be grounds for denying a license under this chapter:
(A) The failure of the applicant to obtain and show proof of having obtained any required county license;
(B) The failure of the applicant to truthfully provide any of the information requested by the City as a part of the application, or the failure to sign the application, or the failure to pay the required fee at the time of the application;
(C) Conviction of the applicant for a violation under this chapter within five years immediately preceding the filing of the application;
(D) The prior revocation of registration or permit under this chapter for cause within five years immediately preceding the filing of the application; or the revocation of any other license, permit or registration issued by the United States, the State of Minnesota, any other state or any other municipality within the United States based upon or involving fraud or misrepresentation and within five years immediately preceding the filing of the application;
(E) The applicant is under suspension under this chapter;
(F) The conviction of the applicant within the past five years from the date of the application for any violation under any statute of the United States, the State of Minnesota or any other state, or under any ordinance of the City or any other municipality within the United States, which violation involved acts which if they occurred in Minnesota would constitute fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, burglary, possession of burglary or theft tools, criminal sexual conduct, robbery, kidnaping, false imprisonment or assault and which conviction occurred within five years immediately preceding the filing of the application; and
(G) The applicant is found to have a bad business reputation. Evidence of a bad business reputation shall include, but not be limited to, the existence of more than three complaints against the applicant with the Better Business Bureau, the Attorney General’s Office or other similar business or consumer rights office or agency, within the preceding 12 months, or three complaints filed against the applicant within the preceding five years.
(Prior Code, § 1103.04)