(A) Any person desiring such permit shall apply in writing to the City Council and shall truly state in such application the location or proposed location of the hospital, the purpose for which it is to be operated, conducted or maintained, the accommodations for the inmates thereof, the nature and kind of treatments given or proposed to be give therein, and the name and address of the person that shall own such hospital, and also the name and address of the person, if other than such owner, who shall actually conduct and manage such hospital.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Council upon the presentation of such application to make or cause to be made strict inquiry into the facts set out in such application and if upon such inquiry the Council shall find such hospital is or is intended to be so conducted as to afford proper accommodations for the care of the persons received therein, and that such hospital complies or is intended to comply with all the laws, ordinances, rules and regulations which shall then be in force in the city concerning the location, management and control of such hospitals, then the Council may grant a permit to conduct such hospital, and shall issue or cause to be issued a permit attested to by the City Clerk authorizing such applicant to open, conduct, manage or maintain a hospital at the place, in the manner and for the purpose in such application set forth.
(`83 Code, § 5.52.030)