(A) Under this section, the Chief of Police or his/her designee shall investigate the background of the owner and persons managing or supervising the business as deemed appropriate, unless otherwise exempted in the Chief of Police's discretion. Such investigation is consistent with the city's land use authority and police powers to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare of the public. Applicants applying a for a license under a special business type shall be fingerprinted and photographed and consideration shall be given to the criminal record, if any, the business responsibility of the firm and the owner (such as previous license revocations, denials, or citations). The City Council by resolution may set additional appropriate fees for fingerprinting services.
(B) The following enterprises or activity types, including any independent contractors conducting the below activity, are designated as special business types:
(1) Adult businesses;
(2) Auctions and auctioneers;
(3) Antique dealers;
(4) Auto dismantlers (including motorcycles);
(5) Bail bond enforcement;
(6) Bingo games, organizations or parlors;
(7) Card rooms;
(8) Dance facilities;
(9) Handyman (unless licensed by the state);
(10) Home tutors or educators (unless otherwise exempt);
(11) Maid, carpet cleaning, janitorial or house cleaning;
(12) Massage businesses;
(13) Mobile or itinerate food sales;
(14) Pool halls;
(15) Private security company (unless licensed by the state);
(16) Purchase or sales of metals, including scrap metals;
(17) Repossession or storage of autos;
(18) Secondhand stores & pawnshops;
(19) Solicitors; and
(20) Weapons and arms dealers & sales of gun powder.
(C) The special business types listed above require special investigation, review, and/or regulation because:
(1) The tendency of certain categories of enterprises to engage, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in the promotion of crime;
(2) The tendency of certain categories of enterprises to be placed where criminal activity is heightened;
(3) The patrons of certain categories of enterprises are vulnerable to fraudulent charging or other practices;
(4) Certain categories of enterprises create health or safety risks which require special regulation; and
(5) Certain categories of enterprises require access to private property, particularly residential property, or frequent residential neighborhoods, generating high risks to the safety of persons and property.
(Ord. 2022-343, passed 6-1-2022)