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5.43.060 INVESTIGATION AND ACTION ON APPLICATION.

(a) Upon receipt of a completed application and payment of the application and permit fees, the Police Chief shall promptly investigate the information contained in the application to determine whether the applicant shall be issued an entertainment permit.

(b) Within fifteen (15) business days of receipt of the completed application, the Police Chief shall complete the investigation, grant or deny the application in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and so notify the applicant as follows:

(1) The Police Chief shall write or stamp "Granted" or "Denied" on the application and date and sign such notation.

(2) If the application is denied, the Police Chief shall attach to the application a statement of the reasons for denial.

(3) If the application is granted, the Police Chief shall attach to the application an entertainment permit.

(4) If the application is granted or denied and the permit, if any, shall be placed in the Unites States mail, first class postage prepaid, addressed to the applicant at the address stated in the application.

(c) The Police Chief shall grant the application and issue the entertainment permit upon findings that the applicant has met all of the development and performance standards and requirements of Article 3 of this chapter, unless the application is denied for one or more of the reasons set forth in Section 5.43.070. The permittee shall post the permit conspicuously in the entertainment business premises.

(d) If the Police Chief grants the application or if the Police Chief neither grants nor denies the application within fifteen (15) business days after it is stamped as received, the applicant may begin operating the entertainment business for which the permit was sought, subject to strict compliance with the development and performance standards and requirements of Article 3 of this chapter. If the applicant begins operating the entertainment business because the Police Chief has not granted or denied the application within fifteen business days, the Police Chief may issue the permit after the fifteen day period has elapsed, and the permit shall be subject to suspension or revocation under the provisions of section 5.43.120.

Each entertainment permit shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance, and may be renewed only by filing with the Police Chief a written request for renewal, accompanied by the annual permit fee and a copy of the permit to be renewed. The request for renewal shall be made at least thirty (30) days before the expiration date of the permit. When made less than thirty (30) days before the expiration date, the expiration of the permit will not be stayed. Applications for renewal shall be acted on as provided herein for action upon applications for permits.