(a) Before a license required by this chapter shall be issued by the Mayor, the application shall be presented to the Health Officer and the Chief of Police for their recommendations, after which the Mayor shall submit to Council the application, together with the report of the Health Officer and the Chief of Police thereon.
(b) If Council finds, as a result of the investigation and reports made to it by the Health Officer and the Chief of Police, that the applicant is of good moral character and is a suitable person to conduct and operate a restaurant, buffet, lunchroom, lunch counter, public dining hall or place where victuals and food therefor are prepared or manufactured, and that the applicant has complied with this chapter, it shall direct the Mayor to issue a license therefor. Thereupon, the Mayor shall issue a license to conduct and operate such business upon the payment of the license fee prescribed in Section 868.06.
(1979 Code Sec. 5.36.050)
(c) No license shall be granted to any applicant for the conduct of a Class A, Class B or Class C restaurant until the qualifications of the applicant have been thoroughly investigated by Council or by a regularly appointed committee of members of Council, and until Council or such committee has determined that the applicant is a fit and proper person to conduct such business and that the premises upon which the applicant proposes to conduct such business is a fit and proper place for the conduct of such business.
(1979 Code Sec. 5.36.060)