(A) Application form. Applications for licenses and any renewals are to be filed with the City Manager or designee upon forms provided by the City Manager or designee. The application must contain all information required under the applicable section of this code and any other information required by the application form, and the following:
(1) Name and address of applicant;
(2) Purpose for which license is desired;
(3) The place within the city where the business will be conducted; and
(4) The length of time the license is to cover.
(B) Signatures. All questions on the application form must be answered, and all required information must be furnished. Any application by an individual business owner must be signed by the owner; by a partnership must be signed by one of the partners; by a corporation must be signed by an appropriate officer of the corporation.
(C) License background checks.
(1) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this section is to establish what will allow law enforcement access to the state’s computerized criminal history information for specified noncriminal purposes of licensing background checks.
(2) Criminal history license background investigations.
(a) The City Police Department is hereby required, as the exclusive entity within the city, to do a criminal history background investigation on the applicants for the following licenses within the city:
1. Fireworks dealer;
2. Liquor licensing;
3. Pawnbrokers;
4. Peddlers and solicitors;
5. Physical culture and health insurance services and clubs;
6. Secondhand dealers; and
7. Any other licenses the city deems appropriate.
(b) In conducting the criminal history background investigation in order to screen license applicants, the Police Department is authorized to access data maintained in the State Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions computerized criminal history information system in accordance with BCA policy. Any data that is accessed and acquired shall be maintained at the Police Department under the care and custody of the chief law enforcement official, or his or her designee. A summary of the results of the computerized criminal history may be released by the Police Department to the licensing authority, including the City Manager or designee, or other city staff involved in the license approval process.
(3) Before the investigation is undertaken, the applicant must authorize the Police Department by written consent to undertake the investigation. The written consent must fully comply with the provision of M.S. § 364.09, as it may be amended from time to time, the city will not reject an applicant for a license on the basis of the applicant’s prior conviction unless the crime is directly related to the license sought and the conviction is for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor with a jail sentence. If the city rejects the applicants request on this basis, the city shall notify the applicant in writing of the following:
(a) The grounds and reason for the denial;
(b) The applicant complaint and grievance procedure set forth in M.S. § 364.06, as it may be amended from time to time;
(c) The earliest date the applicant may reapply for the license; and
(d) All competent evidence of rehabilitation will be considered upon reapplication.
(Prior Code, § 111.002) (Ord. 2012-08, passed 10-23-2012)