(A) No license or permit required by this code shall be issued to any person who is required by a provision of this code to also have a license or permit from the state until such person shall submit evidence of such state license or permit and proof that all fees appertaining thereto have been paid.
(B) No license or permit shall be granted to any applicant therefor until such applicant has complied with all of the provisions of this code applicable to the trade, profession, business, or privilege for which application for license or permit is made. Neither shall any license or permit be granted where the certification of any officer of the city or other official is required prior to the issuance thereof until such certification is made.
(C) In all cases where the certification of the Health Officer is required prior to the issuance of any license or permit by the City Clerk, such certification shall be based upon an actual inspection and finding that the person making application and the premises in which the person proposes to conduct or is conducting the trade, profession, business, or privilege comply with all the sanitary requirements of the state, county, and city.
(D) In all cases where the certification of the Fire Chief or the Chief’s designee is required prior to issuance of any license or permit by the City Clerk, such certification shall be based upon an actual inspection and a finding that the premises in which the person making application for such license or permit proposes to conduct or is conducting the trade, profession, business, or privilege comply with all the fire regulations of the state and of the city.
(E) (1) In all cases where the certification of the Police Chief or the Chief’s designee is required prior to issuance of any license or permit by the City Clerk, except as is otherwise provided in this chapter, such certification shall be based upon a finding that the person making application for such license or permit is of good moral character and that the person will not pose a threat to the public safety, peace, good order, and decency. In making such determination, the Chief of Police or the Chief’s designee shall consider:
(a) Penal history. All convictions, if any, reasons therefor, and the demeanor of the applicant subsequent to his or her conviction and/or release. The city police shall be allowed to run a complete criminal history of the applicant;
(b) License history. The license history of the applicant, if any; whether such person in previously operating in this or another state under a license has had such license revoked or suspended, the reasons therefor, and the demeanor of the applicant subsequent to such action;
(c) General personal history. Such other facts relevant to the general personal history of the applicant as shall be found necessary to a fair determination of the eligibility of the applicant; and
(d) No obligation to the city. Whether the applicant is in default under the provisions of this chapter or indebted or obligated in any manner to the city except for current taxes.
(2) Where the fingerprints of an applicant are required to be filed, any state fees for the processing of said fingerprints shall be charged to the applicant in addition to required license fees.
(F) In all cases where the carrying on of the trade, profession, business, or privilege involves the use of any structure or land, a license or permit therefor shall not be issued until the Inspections Division shall certify that the proposed use is not prohibited by the zoning and building regulations.
(G) No license or permit required by this code shall be issued to any person without the verification of a valid current driver’s license or identification card issued by a federal or state government that contains the persons photograph and signature.
(Prior Code, § 110.04) (Ord. O-156, passed 2-17-2014, effective 2-27-2014)