(a) The City Clerk shall, upon receiving an application for a license required by this chapter, refer it to the County Health Department for investigation of the facts stated in the application and the sanitary conditions in and around the place wherein it is proposed to operate the restaurant specified in the application.
(b) If it is found by the Department, after investigation, that the statements contained in the application are true and that the existing sanitary conditions in the place wherein it is proposed to operate the restaurant conform to the sanitary requirements of this chapter, the Department shall approve the application and return it to the City Clerk, who shall issue a license to the applicant permitting him or her to operate the type of restaurant designated in the application, and no other, upon payment of a fee as provided in Section 824.06.
(c) If it is found by the Department, after investigation, that the statements contained in the application are not true or that the applicant is not operating or cannot operate a restaurant conforming to the sanitary requirements of this chapter, the Department shall disapprove the application and return it to the City Clerk with a detailed statement of the reasons for such disapproval.
(1979 Code Sec. 5.34.040)