§ 6.56.060. Application—Investigation—Approval or disapproval—Appeal.

Upon receipt of the license application and payment of license and investigation fees, the director of business license shall cause an investigation of the applicant's business and moral character.

The application shall be forwarded to the metropolitan police department for a report of background of criminal history and other items as determined by the director. The metropolitan police department shall report its findings to the director of business license within thirty days of receipt of request for investigation for review.

The director may deny the license for the grounds set out in Section 6.56.020 and failure to meet requirements of this chapter. The director may waive the investigation and bond of an applicant for a temporary store or peddlers license if the applicant is a current licensee of Clark County or an incorporated city in Clark County.

An applicant whose license has been denied by the director may appeal the director's decision within ten days to the board of commissioners by written notification to the director. The board shall hear the appeal by examination of:

(1)

The circumstances of the crime or civil action, past business experience, and plans, including financing, for operations of the proposed business; and

(2)

The applicant's criminal and civil court history, and business or employment history since the adjudications;

(3)

Any facts that show that the location where business is conducted meets all requirements of applicable zoning, building, fire and health codes.

The board may sustain the director's denial or grant the license based on the evidence presented that the applicant does not present, and is not likely to present in the future, a threat to county safety, morals and welfare, and will operate the business in an honest manner as required by this chapter and in accord with the federal and state law. The board may grant a restricted or conditional license if in its discretion the facts presented merit such license, or may require the applicant to increase the bond sum, or file an additional bond for the benefit of the customers.

(Ord. 1160 § 6, 1989: Ord. 939 § 4, 1985: Ord. 709 § 84, 1980: Ord. 621 § 94, 1979: Ord. 167 § 6, 1972)