The director of finance shall thereupon transmit such application, together with the report and recommendation of the chief of police to the city council for hearing, and shall forthwith notify the applicant of the time and place of such hearing, which shall be held before the city council within ninety days from the date of filing of the application for permit with the director of finance. At such hearing, if the city council shall determine from the application and the report and recommendation of the chief of police, or from other information and evidence furnished to it, that such club is a bona fide social club, organized and conducted for a lawful purpose, and that the persons interested in the ownership and operation thereof, and the officers and trustees of such club are law-abiding persons and persons who will operate and conduct such club in a lawful manner, and that the public peace, welfare, and safety of the people of the city will not be impaired, such application shall be approved and such permit shall be granted. Otherwise, it shall be denied. No permit shall be assigned or transferred.
(Prior code § 5.20.050 (Ord. 543 § 10 (part), 1963; Ord. 368 § 3(c), 1953))