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Investigation and procedure for granting permits shall be as follows:
1. The Fire Marshal shall investigate an application for a permit, and such investigation shall be made by authorized members of the Fire Department.
2. The Fire Marshal may require such additional information as may be necessary to carry out the investigation of the application for a permit.
3. The Chief shall determine the allowable occupant load permitted for an assembly or institutional occupancy based upon the aisle and exit provisions of Chapter 10 of this article. The allowable occupant load shall not exceed the maximum occupant load designated in the Certificate of Occupancy issued by the Department of Building and Safety, or in the absence of such certificate, the maximum occupant load approved by the Chief.
4. If, after investigation and consideration of any application, and any plans or specifications required in connection therewith, the Chief determines that the proposed business, operation, occupation or premises will not create any undue hazard as a result of fire or panic, and the applicant will comply with any requirements of this article and all other applicable laws, the Chief shall approve the application.
5. The Chief’s approval of the application may be made subject to terms and conditions necessary for the safeguarding of life and property from the hazards of fire, explosion or panic.
6. On approval of the application by the Chief and the payment of the required fee, the Office of Finance shall issue the permit.
The Chief may exercise discretion, and is hereby empowered to deny or withhold approval of a permit for which an application has been made if the building, premises, equipment, apparatus, vehicle, or reasonable facilities for the establishing, maintaining, conducting operating the business, operation, occupation, or premises for which the permit is requested is or are insufficient or are unfit or incapable of being used, maintained, established, or operated to comply with this article or other applicable laws and the Rules and Regulations of the Department.
Each permit issued by the Office of Finance shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall have set forth upon the face thereof the following:
1. The name of the person to whom issued;
2. The classification or type of business, operation, occupation, or premises for which such permit is issued;
3. The address where the business, operation, occupation, or premises is located; and where the address is different from that of the applicant, the address designated by the applicant or the applicant’s authorized agent for mailing purposes. The mailing address so appearing shall be the address to which all notices required or authorized in this article shall be sent unless the applicant or permittee shall request the Office of Finance, in writing, that another address be used for such purposes;
4. The signature of the Chief printed thereon; and
5. The date of expiration of the permit, and the date upon which the annual permit fee shall be due and payable.
No permit shall be transferable except when the business, operation, occupation, or premises for which the permit is issued, is transferred, whether by sale or otherwise, to another person under such circumstances that the ownership after the transfer is substantially similar to the ownership existing before the transfer.
Any change of location for a business, operation, occupation, or premises shall require filing of a new application and payment of the applicable fee set forth in Section 57.106.6.3.
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