A. Upon receipt of an application for a license to conduct a patrol system, the chief of police shall investigate the character, fitness, and qualifications of every person whose name appears on such application as an owner, member, or patrolman. Upon completion of the investigation by the chief of police, he shall return such application to the administrative officer together with his recommendation that the license be granted or denied, together with his reasons therefor. The administrative officer shall thereupon transmit such application to the council together with his pertinent recommendations in connection therewith.
B. Upon receipt of an application for a license to conduct a patrol system, the council shall either grant the same to the full extent requested, or it shall notify the applicant that it intends to deny the application or to grant the application but permit operations in only a portion of the territory, or by only a part of the patrolmen, or both, covered by the application. Within five days after such notification, the applicant may file with the administrative officer a written demand for a public hearing. If he does not do so, he shall be deemed to have consented to such denial or to the granting of a license with the limitations stated in the notice.
C. Within twenty days after the filing of such demand, the council shall hold such public hearing. Notice of the time and place thereof shall be given by the administrative officer to the applicant and to every person named as a patrolman in the application whom the council intends not to allow to act as such. The mailing of such notice at least five days prior to the date of the hearing with postage prepaid, addressed to the applicant and to those persons named as patrolmen, at the respective addresses specified in the application, shall constitute sufficient notice of such hearing.
D. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the power of the council to grant a license to more than one patrol system to operate in the same area.
(Ord. 600 § 1 (part), 1966: Ord. 597 § 1 (part), 1966: prior code § 5.32.040)