(a) Before such license is issued in or adjacent to a residential district, the Clerk shall notify all owners or occupants of residences located within 300 feet of the building or area in which it is proposed to establish and maintain such live entertainment and set a date for hearing upon said application. If a majority of such owners or occupants protest in writing against the issuance of said license, the Mayor, if he finds upon investigation that it would be for the best interest of such neighborhood so to do, shall refuse to issue said license.
(b) The proponents and opponents of said application may present their witnesses and be cross-examined. The Village Law Director shall examine witnesses on behalf of the Village and the Mayor shall receive testimony as the trier of fact. Hearings on an application shall be held within thirty days of application at the date and time set by the Clerk.
(Ord. 80-43. Passed 6-16-80.)