(a) Investigation by Sheriff and EHS. Upon the filing of the application required by § 41.0503, together with the application fee, the Clerk of the Board shall transmit one copy to the appropriate Sheriff’s substation, and where required for issuance of a food permit, one copy to the appropriate EHS office. The applicant shall cooperate with the Sheriff and EHS in conducting their investigation and shall if requested provide the Sheriff or EHS other documents or materials which may be requested which reasonably relate to the course of the Department’s investigation. The Sheriff and if required EHS shall report to the Clerk of the Board in writing recommending approval or denial of the license and stating the reasons therefor.
(b) Issuance of Licenses. The Clerk of the Board shall not order the issuance of the license unless all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The applicant has submitted a correct and complete application form both as to the applicant and, if applicant is a corporation, the corporation’s officers, directors and majority stockholders and each person designated by the applicant to peddle or solicit under his or her license;
(2) The applicant has provided fingerprints of the applicant, and if applicant is a corporation, the corporation’s officers, directors, majority stockholders and each person designated by the applicant to peddle or solicit under his or her license;
(3) The applicant has paid the application fee and fingerprinting fee to the Clerk of the Board and to the Sheriff;
(4) There is no known cloud upon the title to or ownership of the goods to be sold by the applicant under the license;
(5) Neither the applicant nor, if applicant is a corporation, the corporation’s officers, directors and majority stockholders and each person designated by the applicant to peddle or solicit under his or her license has within the past five years been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude, criminal battery, fraud, burglary, or theft;
(6) The applicant and each person designated by the applicant to peddle or solicit under his or her license has not been convicted of a crime that requires registration under California Penal Code § 290;
(7) If applicant is a corporation, each person designated by the applicant to peddle or solicit under the license has not been convicted of a crime that requires registration under California Penal Code § 290;
(8) The time(s) and place(s) of the proposed license activities is in accordance with regulations set forth in this Chapter;
(9) If required, the applicant has applied for and received a food permit from EHS.
(c) Any person denied a license pursuant to this Chapter shall not peddle or solicit within the unincorporated region of the County. Upon determination of grounds to deny a license, the Clerk of the Board shall cause a “Notice of Denial” to be mailed by first class, postage prepaid mail, to the notice address designated by the applicant. An applicant whose license has been denied may appeal the denial to the Board of Supervisors as provided in § 41.0514.
(Ord. 378, passed --1933; Am. Ord. 1007, passed --1962; Am. Ord. 1823, passed --1973; Am. Ord. 2415, passed --1980; Am. Ord. 3385, passed --1990; Am. Ord. 3526, passed --1992; Am. Ord. 3730, passed --1998; Am. Ord. 4048, passed - -2008)