(A) Any person desiring to obtain a permit to become an alarm installer within the city shall file written application with the Chief of Police of the city and/or the Chief of the Fire Department of the city as appropriate, on forms supplied by the respective Chiefs. The Chiefs may prescribe a combined form or conduct the investigation of any person jointly. The applications may require any information reasonably related to a person’s qualifications as an alarm installer, or any of its owners, directors, officers, employees, agents or other persons beneficially interested therein, and the criminal background of the applicant of any of its owners, directors, officers, employees, agents or other persons beneficially interested therein.
(B) After reviewing an application for a permit, the Chief of Police and/or the Chief of the Fire Department of the city shall have 14 days to investigate the application and the background of the applicant. Thereafter, the permit shall be issued unless it is concluded that:
(1) The applicant has submitted an application which contains a misstatement or omission of any material fact;
(2) Some matter or activity in the background of the applicant reasonably related to the activities to be engaged in is such that a reasonable man would conclude that there would be an undue risk to the public health, safety or welfare if the permit was granted;
(3) The person fails to demonstrate qualifications establishing actual or financial ability to act as an alarm installer, as the case may be; or
(4) The applicant or any owner, director, officer, employee, agent or other person beneficially interested therein has been convicted of any felony regardless of the nature of the offense or any offense regardless of whether a felony relating to the theft, stealing or burglary, within ten years from the date of the application. If the permit is denied, the reasons for denial shall be set forth in writing and provided to the applicant. If eliminated or corrected, the permit may be issued or an applicant may reapply.
(C) No fee shall be charged for making an application or the issuance of a permit.
(1980 Code, § 19.304) Penalty, see § 121.99