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(A) Any application for a license hereunder shall be referred to the chief law enforcement officer and to other persons on the city’s staff as the City Administrator shall deem necessary. The city official to whom the application has been referred shall investigate the location wherein the applicant is proposing to operate the amusement arcade; shall ascertain if the applicant, or the manager of the licenses business, is under 21 years of age, an alien or a foreign corporation; and shall ascertain whether the applicant, manager or person owning the proposed licensed activity is of good moral character and repute, has not been convicted of an offense which relates to the conduct of the licenses business, has operated a similar business elsewhere which was not violative of the provisions of this code and has never been denied a license to conduct a like or similar activity or had such a license suspended, revoked or canceled.
(B) The chief and any other city official to whom the application has been referred shall recommend approval or disapproval of the application.
(Prior Code, § 6.72) (Ord. 152, Third Series, effective 10-7-1993)
(A) Existence of any of the following conditions shall render the applicant ineligible for a license, renewal thereof, or be cause for revocation or suspension unless the Council, in its sole opinion, determines that the applicant has shown sufficient extenuating circumstances to warrant the issuance of a license or not revoke or suspend regardless of the existing conditions:
(1) If the applicant, or the manager of the licensed business, is:
(a) Under 21 years of age;
(b) An alien; and/or
(c) A foreign corporation.
(2) If the applicant, manager or person owning the licensed activity:
(a) Is not a person of good moral character and repute;
(b) Has been convicted of an offense which relates to the conduct of the license or had a similar license within or without the city suspended, revoked or canceled;
(c) Has been denied a license to conduct a similar activity or has had the license suspended, revoked or canceled; and/or
(d) Has been convicted within ten years of any controlled substance or alcohol-related crimes relating to the sale, distribution, growing, manufacture or use thereof.
(B) The foregoing shall not be the only grounds, however, for denial of the license.
(Prior Code, § 6.72) (Ord. 152, Third Series, effective 10-7-1993)
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