(a) Unless otherwise provided in this Business Regulation Code, upon receipt of an application for a license, which requires an investigation by any other department as to the proper location, safety or sanitary condition of the premises licensed, or the character or fitness of the applicant, the Department of Finance, Division of Taxation and Treasury shall transmit to such department, charged with such duty of investigation, such information as may be necessary in order that the required investigation may be made. Such department within ten days from their receipt of such information shall make its report upon the same to the Director of Finance. If such report is satisfactory, and the Director of Finance finds that such applicant has complied with all laws and ordinances relating to the health, safety, sanitation or otherwise regulating the business for which a license is applied for, have been complied with, such license shall be issued unless the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 701.04 are found to apply.
(b) No license shall be issued to an applicant who has found liable or been convicted pursuant to Chapter 796 of this Code, or Section 545.22 of this Code, or any other wage-related provisions of local, state, or federal law, including but not limited to the Ohio Constitution, Ohio Revised Code, and the Fair Labor Standards Act in the previous two years.
(c) When the ordinance under which an applicant desiring to procure a license does not require the filing of a bond, the applicant may secure his license by mail, and in the event that the investigation thereof is favorable to such applicant, the license shall be issued.
(Ord. 148-17. Passed 10-3-17)