(A) After an application has been filed with the clerk and notice published by the City Clerk/Tax Assessor, copies of the application shall be forwarded by the City Clerk/Tax Assessor to the police department which shall conduct the investigation required by KRS 231.070. Within forty (40) days of the application, the police department shall file its written report with the mayor recommending the granting or denial of the permit. The police department shall recommend approval of the application unless its investigation finds that the applicant has been convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude or previous denial or revocation of a similar permit in the last five (5) years.
(B) Not later than fifty-five (55) days from the date of the original filing of the application, the mayor or his designee shall consider the police department’s report and hear any other evidence in support of or in opposition to the granting of the permit. If the police department’s report recommends granting the permit and there is no other opposing evidence presented, the permit shall be immediately issued. Otherwise, the mayor or his designee shall issue his decision within five (5) days of the hearing.
(C) Upon the granting of the permit, the applicant shall pay a fee of two hundred ($200.00) dollars to the City Clerk/Tax Assessor to defer the cost of the city’s investigation, the hearing on the granting of the permit and other administrative costs. This fee shall be in addition to the application fee required in § 121.02.
(Ord. 8-1994, passed 5-16-94) Penalty, see § 121.99