(A) Upon receipt of an application, the same shall be referred to the chief law enforcement officer of the city who shall cause an investigation of the applicant’s business and moral character to be made as shall be deemed necessary for the protection of the public’s interests.
(B) The chief law enforcement officer, within 15 days of the application, shall endorse the application as “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” and if the same shall be endorsed “unsatisfactory”, the reason for such endorsement shall be set forth thereon.
(C) Where the application is endorsed “satisfactory”, the City Recorder shall then issue a license card addressed to the applicant for the carrying on for the business applied for. The license shall contain the signature and seal of the issuing officer and shall show the name, address, and photograph of the licensee, if the licensee is not a non-profit organization, and the kind of goods to be sold thereunder, the date of issuance and the expiration date of the license. The City Recorder shall keep a permanent record of all licensees for a period of two years from the date of issuance.
(D) If the application is returned from the chief law enforcement officer and endorsed as “unsatisfactory”, the City Recorder shall notify the applicant that his or her application has been disapproved, the reasons therefor, and the right of the applicant to appeal that decision.
(Prior Code, § 111.04) (Ord. 215, passed 4-1-1991) Penalty, see § 111.99