711.08 INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT; APPLICATION REJECTION; APPEAL.
   (a)   The Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be made of the character and fitness of the applicant or applicants or the officers of the club, society or corporation, or of the person who is to have the general management of the business of a billiard room. The application shall be rejected if the Chief of Police finds the billiard room sought to be licensed does not comply with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto or that any of the persons have previously been connected with any billiard room:
      (1)   Where the license has been revoked;
      (2)   where any of the provisions with reference to billiard rooms have been violated;
      (3)   which was frequented or resorted to by gamblers or prostitutes; or
      (4)   In which any breach or disturbance of the peace was permitted.
   (b)   If the application is rejected, the applicant for the license shall without delay be notified in writing of the reasons for rejection and shall have the right to appeal within ten days from the date of the rejection to the Director of Public Safety, who shall have the power, after full hearing, to confirm the rejection or order the license issued. In case of appeal, the applicant shall perfect his appeal by leaving notice in writing of his intention to appeal at the office of the Mayor.
(Ord. 77-63. Passed 8-26-63.)