725.04 INVESTIGATION; REFUSAL OR ISSUANCE; APPEALS.
(a) Upon receipt of the application, the Chief of Police or designee, shall cause such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character to be made as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good. All individuals who are to engage in peddling under the requested license must consent to a criminal background investigation by the Fairfield Police Department before being issued a license or identification badge.
(b) If, as a result of the investigation, the applicant's or any individual peddler's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police or designee shall endorse on the application his/her disapproval and his/her reasons for the same and notify the applicant that the application is disapproved and that no license shall be issued.
(c) If, as a result of the investigation, the character and business responsibility of the applicant and all individual peddlers are found to be satisfactory, the Chief of Police or designee shall endorse on the application his/her approval and upon payment of the prescribed license fee, deliver to the applicant the license and an identification badge(s) on forms to be provided by the Chief of Police. The license shall contain the signature of the issuing officer with a notation that this signature does not serve as an endorsement of the licensees' product or services. The Police Chief or designee may also require a recent photograph of the licensee to be included on the license and/or identification badge(s). All licenses and/or identification badges issued under this chapter shall expire on December 31, in the year when issued. The Police Chief or designee shall keep a record of all licenses and/or identification badges issued.
(d) Any person aggrieved by the action of the Police Chief or designee in the denial of an application for a license as provided in Section 725.04, or in the decision with reference to the revocation of a license as provided in Section 725.11 shall have the right of appeal to the City Manager. The appeal shall be taken by filing with the City Manager's office, within fourteen days of the denial or revocation of a license, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The City Manager or designee shall set a time and place for a hearing of the appeal, which shall be held within 30 days of the filing of the appeal with the City Manager and notice of the hearing shall be given to the appellant. The decision and order of the City Manager or designee on the appeal shall be final. (Ord. 36-14. Passed 4-28-14.)