(A) Following the filing of a complete application and payment of the license fee as set forth in § 114.11 to the Municipal Clerk, the Clerk shall forward the application to the Chief of Police, who shall, as soon as practicable but no later than within 30 days make such investigation, within the limits of the resources available to the Chief, which may include background checks, of statements made in the application and the business responsibility and character of the applicant or any employee or agent who shall engage in the licensed activity, for the protection of the public good. Where sufficient cause is shown therefor, the Chief of Police shall have such additional time as may be reasonably necessary to make the investigation.
(B) If, as a result of such investigation, the character or business responsibility of the applicant or any employee or agent who shall engage in the licensed activity is found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application his disapproval and the reasons therefor and return the application to the Clerk. The Chief may disapprove an application if such a disapproval is based on one or more of the following findings with respect to the applicant:
(1) Conviction of any crime, disorderly persons offense or petty disorderly persons offense involving deceptive business practices or fraud, or a violation of any ordinance enacted in any municipality concerning peddling, solicitation or transient merchandising;
(2) Record of breaches of peddling, solicitation or transient merchant contracts;
(3) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements contained in the application for license.
(C) In the absence of such findings, the Chief of Police shall find the applicant satisfactory and shall endorse his approval on the application and return the application to the Clerk.
(Ord. 273-16, passed 2-22-16)