(A) The City Council may either approve or deny the license, or it may delay action for such reasonable period of time as necessary to complete any additional investigation of the application or the applicant(s) it deems necessary. The City shall conduct a preliminary background investigation of the applicant(s) or it may contract with the Commissioner of Public Safety for the investigation. The applicant(s) shall pay with the application an investigation fee, which shall be in addition to any license fee.
(B) The application and investigation results shall then be forwarded to the City Council for action at a regularly scheduled council meeting. If the City Council shall approve the license, the City Clerk shall issue the license. If the City Council denies the license, notice of the denial shall be given to the applicant(s).
(C) The following shall be grounds for denying the issuance or renewal of a license under this chapter; however, except as may otherwise be provided by law, the existence of any particular grounds for denial does not mean that the City must deny the license. If a license is mistakenly issued or renewed to a person, it shall be revoked upon the discovery that the person was ineligible for the license under this subsection.
(1) The applicant is under the age of 21 years.
(2) The applicant has been convicted within the past five years of a violation of a federal, state, or local law, ordinance provision, or other regulation relating to tobacco or tobacco products, or tobacco related devices.
(3) The applicant has had a license to sell tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices revoked within the preceding 12 months of the date of application.
(4) The applicant fails to provide any information required on the application, or provides false or misleading information.
(5) The applicant is prohibited by federal, state, or other local law, ordinance, or other regulation from holding such a license.