A. Upon review, the License Officer shall refuse to issue a certificate to an applicant for any of the following reasons:
1. For a temporary certificate:
a. The application form is not complete;
b. The applicant fails to:
(1) Establish proof of identity;
(2) Provide a BCI background check; or
(3) Pay fees;
c. The complete application or BCI background check indicate the applicant has a disqualifying status; or
d. The applicant has previously been denied a certificate by the City or has had a certificate revoked for grounds that still constitute a disqualifying status under this Chapter.
e. Fraud, deceit or dishonesty in the application process.
2. For an annual certificate or renewal of an annual certificate:
a. The information submitted by the applicant at the time of the granting of the temporary certificate is found to be incomplete or incorrect;
b. Since the submission of a complete application, the applicant is subject to a previously undisclosed or unknown disqualifying status;
c. Failure to pay fees;
d. Since submission of the application, the City has received a substantiated report regarding past or present conduct of the applicant;
e. Since submission of the application, the City or other governmental entity has either criminally convicted or obtained a civil injunction against the applicant for violating this Chapter or a similar federal, state, or municipal law in a manner rising to the level of a disqualifying status; or
f. Since submission of the application, a final civil judgment has been entered against the applicant indicating that:
(1) The applicant engaged in fraud or intentional misrepresentation; or
(2) A debt of the applicant was non-dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to U.S.C. 523(a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(6) or (a)(19)
g. Fraud, dishonesty or deceit in the application process.
B. The City shall either suspend or revoke a certificate when any of the reasons warranting denial of a certificate occurs.
C. If the License Officer denies an applicant's complete application or suspends or revokes a registered solicitor's certificate, the Officer shall send written notice to the applicant or registered solicitor. The notice shall specify the grounds for denial, suspension or revocation and the date upon which the denial, suspension or revocation of the certificate shall take effect. The written notice shall further state that the applicant or registered solicitor shall have ten (10) business days from receipt of the notice of denial or suspension to appeal. The denial or suspension shall remain effective unless and until the order is rescinded, overturned on appeal, or determined by a court to be contrary to equity or law. Failure to appeal suspension of a certificate shall result in its revocation. (Ord. 960, 11-1-2022)