(A) (1) Upon receipt of an application for a license required by this subchapter, the City Clerk shall request the Chief of Police to investigate the applicant.
(2) The Chief is limited to ten days to conduct this investigation.
(B) The City Clerk shall approve the application unless the investigation discloses tangible evidence that the conduct of the applicant’s business would pose a substantial threat to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare. In particular, tangible evidence of any of the following will constitute a valid reason for disapproval of an application:
(1) The applicant has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;
(2) The applicant has made wilful misstatements in the application;
(3) The applicant has committed prior violations of ordinances pertaining to itinerant merchants, peddlers, solicitors and the like;
(4) The applicant has committed prior fraudulent acts; and/or
(5) The applicant has a record of continual breaches of solicited contracts.
(2000 Code, § 5.30.040)