La Verne Municipal Code Art. I Generally

Whenever any permit is required by this chapter, such permit shall be obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter before any business license is issued under the provisions of this title.

(Prior code § 6500.01)

Whenever in this article any person is required to obtain a permit for carrying on or conducting any business or enterprise, such permit shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the issuance of a permit hereunder shall not preclude the necessity of obtaining any permit required by any other provisions of this code or ordinance of the city or other applicable law or the payment of a license fee as required by this title.

(Prior code § 6500)

Before any permit is issued pursuant to this chapter an application for such permit shall be filed with the city clerk, shall be signed and verified by the applicant and accompanied by the fee required and shall set forth so much of the following information as the city clerk may require:

A. The name and address of the applicant;

B. The name and address of the person by whom employed, if any;

C. The nature of the business for which a permit is requested;

D. The place where such business is to be conducted;

E. A brief description of the nature and amount of equipment to be used in such business;

F. A personal description of the applicant;

G. Evidence of the identity of the applicant of such character; and

H. Fingerprints and thumbprints of the applicant.

(Prior code § 6500.02)

The city clerk within a reasonable time after the filing of an application shall cause to be conducted by the chief of police such investigation as may be deemed necessary concerning the application and the business proposed to be conducted to determine whether the applicant is of good moral character and proposes to engage in an enterprise in a manner which shall not be detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants, either by reason of the character of the applicant, the nature of the business or the manner in which the business is proposed to be conducted. If after such investigation it is determined that the applicant is of good moral character and proposes to engage in an enterprise which will not be detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants either by reason of the character of the applicant, the nature of the business or the manner in which the business is proposed to be conducted, then the city clerk shall issue such permit upon such terms and conditions and restrictions, regulating the operation and conduct of such business, not in conflict with any paramount law as such terms and conditions as may be necessary or expedient to protect the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants.

(Prior code § 6500.03)

In the event the city clerk denies such permit, or within thirty days after filing application for the permit and no permit having been issued, the applicant may appeal to the city council by filing with the city council a written notice of appeal within ten days from the date of such denial. If such an appeal is filed, the city council within a reasonable time shall review the matter and, after such hearing thereon as the council may require, it shall have the right to grant or refuse such permit as it determines that the proposed enterprise would be detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare of the city or its inhabitants, either by reason of the moral character of the applicant, the nature of the business or the manner in which the proposed business is to be operated.

(Prior code § 6500.04)

A. Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be posted on the premises where the business for which such permit is issued is conducted and shall remain so posted during the period the permit shall be in force.

B. Any permit issued to any person who goes from place to place in the city for the purpose of carrying on the business permitted shall carry such permit at all times he is conducting such business and shall exhibit the same upon request.

(Prior code § 6500.05)

Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be of the same duration as the business license issued to such person or business pursuant to this title. Any permit issued under this chapter may be renewed upon the filing of an application for the renewal with the city clerk. Such application for renewal shall be in the same form as any application for an original permit and shall be issued or denied in a like manner as the original permit.

(Prior code § 6500.06)

The city council, from time to time, shall establish by resolution the filing fee which shall be submitted with an application for a regulatory permit under this chapter.

(Prior code § 6500.07; Ord. 712 § 1, 1986)

A. When any permit is issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter, such permit may be revoked at any time thereafter by the city council on certification by the city clerk that any of the following occurred, and after opportunity has been afforded to the permittee to appear before the city council on his or her own behalf:

1. The permittee has violated any of the terms or conditions of the permit;

2. The permittee has violated any law of the city, state or the United States of America governing or regulating the business in question; or

3. The permit was obtained based on false representations.

B. Such revocation shall be by delivering a notice of revocation with the reasons therefor to the applicant in person, or by mailing the same to the address of the applicant as set forth in his or her application. Such revocation shall be effective within five days following the date of delivery or the date or mailing, unless, within such period of time, the applicant files with the city clerk a demand for a hearing.

C. If such a demand for hearing is filed, the city council shall set for hearing the revocation of such permit, and at the conclusion of such hearing may uphold such revocation or may reinstate the permit. The action of the city council shall be final and conclusive, and there shall be no right of appeal therefrom.

D. In the event such revocation is upheld by the city council, the revocation of such permit shall be effective on the date of the action of the city council.

(Prior code § 6500.08; Ord. 713 § 2, 1986)