(A) Upon receipt of each application, it shall be referred to the Chief of Police, who shall immediately institute such investigation of the applicant’s business and moral character as he or she deems necessary for the protection of the public good and shall endorse the application in the manner prescribed in this chapter within seven days after it has been filed by the applicant with the City Administrator.
(B) As a result of such investigation, the Chief of Police shall endorse his or her approval or disapproval on such application and his or her reasons for the same and return the application to the City Administrator.
(C) If the City Administrator_shall reject such application, the City Administrator shall notify the applicant that his or her application is not approved and that no license will be issued. If the City Administrator shall approve such application, the City Administrator shall deliver to the applicant his or her license. Such license shall contain the signature of the issuing officer and shall show the name and address of the licensee, the class of license issued and the kinds of goods to be sold thereunder, the date of issuance and the length of time, not to exceed one year from the date of issuance that the same shall be operative, as well as the license number. Each peddler, solicitor, transient merchant or food vendor must secure a personal license. No license shall be used at any time by any person other than the one to whom it is issued. The City Administrator shall keep a permanent record of all licenses issued.
(D) An applicant whose license application has been denied by the City Administrator may appeal the denial by requesting a hearing before the City Council as set forth in § 111.16.
(Ord. 19-809, passed 12-10-2019)