(A) Applications. All applications for licensing shall be immediately referred to the City Administrator or other person acting on the City Administrator’s behalf. Upon receipt, the City Administrator or designee shall review the application and conduct any investigation necessary to verify the provided information.
(B) Ineligibility for a license. The Administrator shall recommend denial of the license if, during the course of the investigation, any of the following circumstances are discovered:
(1) The applicant has failed to truthfully provide any of the information requested by the city as part of the application.
(2) The applicant has been convicted, within the past 5 years from the date of application, of any violation of federal or state law, or any local ordinance which adversely affects the person’s ability to conduct the licensed be provided, or that will adversely affect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city. The violations shall include, but are not limited to burglary, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, assault or unlawful business practices.
(3) The revocation of any license issued to the applicant for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant within the past 5 years.
(4) The applicant has received more than 3 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 the city discovers other reliable evidence that applicant’s business may adversely impact the welfare of the residents of the city.
(C) City Council review/decision. The Administrator shall forward the application and a recommendation to approve or deny the license to the City Council within 14 regular business days after receipt of the application. If the Council approves the application, the Administrator shall be instructed to issue a license to the applicant. If the Council rejects the application, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision, the reason for the denial, and of the applicant’s right to appeal the denial by requesting within 10 days of receiving the Council’s notice of rejection, a public hearing to be heard by the City Council within 20 days of the date of the request. The final decision of the Council following the hearing shall be subject to an appeal by petitioning the Minnesota Court of Appeals for a Writ of Certiorari.
(D) Duration. A license granted under this chapter shall be valid only during the time period indicated on the license. In no case shall a license be valid longer than 1 calendar year.
(E) Transferability. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferred to any other person.
(Prior Code, § 6.34) (Am. Ord. 20, Second Series, passed 5-3-1999)