(B) A permit shall be issued only by the Clerk/Administrator, upon approval of the City Council.
(C) Any person desiring a permit as required by this section shall make application thereof in writing to the City Clerk/Administrator on forms that the City Council may prescribe.
(D) Before any permit is issued by the Clerk/Administrator he or she shall notify the Chief of the Fire Department (Chief of Police) that the permit is desired.
(E) Upon receipt of the notification the Chief shall inspect the premises upon which the applicant desires to store, handle and use the explosives set forth in the application and if he or she is satisfied:
(1) That no serious fire hazard will be created; and
(2) That the applicant plans to store and use the explosives in the manner prescribed by this chapter, he or she shall endorse his or her approval upon the application and return it to the Clerk/Administrator who shall present the same to the Council.
(F) The Council shall deny the issuance of any like permit to anyone who:
(1) Has been convicted within the past 10 years of a felony or gross misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or anyone who is presently under indictment for any like crime;
(2) Has been within the past 10 years convicted of a crime in which the use, possession or sale of narcotics or illicit drugs was an element;
(3) Has been treated within the past 10 years for addiction to narcotic or illicit drugs, or has been within that time period admitted to any hospital or institution for treatment of narcotic or illicit drug addiction, or has been within that time period, certified by a licensed medical doctor as being addicted to narcotic or illicit drugs;
(4) Has been within the past 10 years, treated for alcohol addiction, admitted to any hospital or institution for treatment of alcohol addiction, or certified by a licensed medical doctor as being addicted to alcohol;
(5) Has been within the past 10 years, admitted to any hospital or institution because of or for treatment of any mental deficiency, or certified by a licensed medical doctor as being mentally ill or mentally deficient;
(6) Has been within the past 10 years acquitted of any criminal charge by reason of insanity; or
(7) Is not 21 years of age at the time when application for the permit is made.
(G) If the Council grants the permit the Clerk/Administrator shall, upon receipt of a fee as set out in § 33.15, prepare and deliver to the applicant the permit as is requested in the application, provided, that no permit shall be granted for a period exceeding 30 days.
(Prior Code, § 10.403) Penalty, see § 10.99