(a) If any license or permit requires the certification of some other official before issuance thereof, the City Licensing Officer shall provide the applicant with a form on which to obtain such certification. Such forms, when returned to the City Licensing Officer with the required certification, shall be filed by him.
(b) In cases where the certification of the Fire Chief, the Bureau of Fire Prevention or the chief inspector thereof is required prior to the issuance of a license or permit, such certification shall be based on a finding of fact that the premises to which the application relates complies with all fire protection requirements of the Codified Ordinances and other ordinances of the City and the statutes of the State.
(c) In cases where the certification of the City Engineer, Building Inspector, Plumbing Inspector or Electrical Inspector is required prior to the issuance of a license or permit, such certification shall be based on a finding of fact that the premises, machinery, appliances, equipment, contrivance or device to which the application relates comply with all pertinent requirements of the Codified Ordinances and other ordinances of the City and the statutes of the State, or that such premises, equipment, contrivance or device is safe for the purpose intended, and those officers may delegate authority to certify hereunder to any technician in their respective departments.
(d) In cases where the prior certification of the Chief of Police of the City is required prior to the issuance of a license or permit, such certification shall be based on a finding of fact that the applicant has no police record involving moral turpitude, and is not under suspicion of any offense involving moral turpitude, or that the issuance of such license or permit would not prevent proper control of traffic on the City streets, depending on the purpose of the application.
(1977 Code Sec. 31.03.)