(A) Application verification. Applications for licenses under this chapter shall be submitted to the issuing authority. Within 20 calendar days of receipt of a completed application form by the issuing authority, the issuing authority shall verify any and all of the information requested of the applicant in the application, including the ordering of criminal background checks, and conduct any necessary investigation to assure compliance with this chapter.
(1997 Code, § 33.08)
(B) Application consideration. No later than ten calendar days after the completion of the license application verification and investigation by the issuing authority, as prescribed in division (A) above, the issuing authority shall accept or deny the license application in accordance with § 116.20 of this code. If the application is denied, the issuing authority shall notify the applicant of the determination in writing. The notice shall be mailed by certified and regular mail to the applicant at the address provided on the application form and it shall inform the applicant of the applicant’s right, within 20 calendar days of receipt of the notice by the applicant, to request an appeal of the issuing authority’s determination to the Council or to immediately challenge the determination in a court of law. If an appeal to the Council is timely received by the issuing authority, the hearing before the Council shall take place within 20 calendar days of the receipt of the appeal by the issuing authority. If an application is granted for a location where a building is under construction or not ready for occupancy, the license shall not be delivered to the licensee until a certificate of occupancy has been issued for the licensed premises by the city. During the application consideration process prescribed herein an applicant operating a business not previously subject to the license provisions of this chapter may remain operating pending the outcome of the application consideration by the issuing authority.
(1997 Code, § 33.09)