It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to initiate the routing of the application for a local business tax receipt for inspection, signed approval, and date, by the following: the Building and Zoning Department, and the Local Business Tax Receipt Inspector. From these offices they shall be returned to the City Clerk. During the inspection of the application for a local business tax receipt the following shall apply:
(A) It shall be the responsibility of each office to conduct all necessary inspections and route the application to the next department in an expedient manner, so that the local business tax receipt may be properly processed.
(B) In the event the application is rejected by any office, the reason for its rejection shall be indicated, along with the signature of the responsible official and the date.
(C) After the application for a new local business tax receipt has been inspected and approved by the appropriate offices and returned to the City Clerk, the City Clerk shall interview the applicant, and when he deems it necessary or desirable shall investigate all applicants and determine whether or not it would be in the best interest of the city to issue a local business tax receipt as applied for by the applicant. In making a determination, the City Clerk shall evaluate the reputation of the applicant for honesty, integrity, good character, and for this purpose shall consider the applicant's:
(1) Penal history. All convictions, the reasons therefor, and the demeanor of the applicant subsequent to his release.
(2) Local business tax receipt history. The local business tax receipt history of the applicant, whether that person in previously operating in this or another state under a local business tax receipt has had the local business tax receipt revoked or suspended, the reason therefor, and the demeanor of the applicant subsequent to the action.
(3) General personal history. Such other facts relevant to the general personal history of the applicant as the City Clerk shall find necessary to a fair determination of the eligibility of the applicant.
(D) The City Clerk shall issue the local business tax receipt, subject to any or all conditions stipulated thereon, to the applicant; unless, after investigation and application of the standards described in this section, he determines that it would not be in the best interest of the city to issue a local business tax receipt.
('69 Code, § 11-17) (Ord. 171, passed 11-13-67; Am. Ord. 1576, passed 4-18-07)