(A) Upon receipt of the application, the Police Department shall conduct an investigation. The Police Department should complete the investigation within 21 days. All applicants, as part of the investigation, will be required to submit to a fingerprinting to be conducted by the Police Department. This fingerprinting check will include state and federal authorities. As a part of the investigation, the Police Department will also perform a computerized criminal check.
(1) The application will be reviewed by the planning staff of the city for any fixed site or sites proposed by the applicant.
(2) The application will also be reviewed by the Finance Department of the city to determine what, if any, appropriate privilege licenses apply to the application.
(B) (1) If, as a result of the investigation, the applicant’s character and business responsibility are found to be unsatisfactory, the application shall be denied. The Police Department also reserves the right to revoke any license already issued at any time if unsatisfactory information is discovered about the applicant through the fingerprinting or computerized criminal process.
(2) If, as a result of the investigation, the character and business reputation appear to be satisfactory, the Police Department shall so certify in writing, and a license shall be issued by the Police Department. The Police Department shall keep a full record of all licenses issued. The license shall contain the number of the license, the date it was issued, the nature of the business authorized to be carried on, the amount of the license fee paid, the expiration date of the license, the place where the business may be carried on under the license, and the names of the persons authorized to carry on the business.
(Ord. No. 1330, § 1, passed 11-10-1983; Ord. No. 94-86, § 8, passed 6-9-1994)