The Chief of Police shall determine if all the statements on the application are true and shall obtain the criminal record, if any, of the principal officers of the organization, each person who will be responsible for the operation of the bingo game and those persons who will assist therein. He or she shall recommend the issuance of the permit, except:
(A) In the event that he or she finds any of the statements on the application to be false, he or she may recommend against its issuance; and/or
(B) In the event that he or she finds any officer of the organization or any person who will be responsible for the operation of the bingo game or any person who will assist therein to have been convicted within the last ten years of crimes involving lotteries, gambling, larceny, perjury, bribery, extortion or fraud, he or she shall recommend against is issuance.
(1995 Code, § 6.36.080)