1. Name and home street address of the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation or partnership, the application shall state the name and home street address of all officers or partners;

2. Address for which the pool hall license is requested;

3. Diagram showing locations on premises in which pool or billiard tables will be placed;

4. Statement that the applicant does not have a liquor license and will not permit liquor to be sold, consumed or possessed on the premises or permit any illegal drugs to be on the premises and that he will cooperate with the police in any investigation of illegal drugs;

5. Statement that smoking will not be permitted on the premises by persons less than eighteen years of age;

6. Statement as to what magazines and other goods are for sale on the premises.

The application shall be immediately forwarded by the clerk to the chief of police for a report as to whether any record exists to indicate that the applicant is of unsatisfactory character or that the premises or business operation in question are unsatisfactory for the proposed license, and to the division of buildings for a report as to whether the proposed location meets building and similar code provisions for such use. Reports from the police department and building division shall be made to the clerk within ten days. If such reports indicate that the applicant is of satisfactory character and that the premises and business operation are suitable and that the license should be issued, the clerk shall issue the same upon payment of the fee hereinafter imposed. If the reports indicate that the license should not be issued on account of facts showing unsatisfactory character of the applicant or unsuitability of the premises or business operation, the application shall be denied by letter to the applicant from the clerk and such action shall be final unless the applicant within five days files with the city clerk an appeal to the city council. The notice of denial shall inform the applicant of the appeal procedure. (In lieu of either approval or denial, the applicant may be advised that his application is approved subject to certain modifications to be made to his premises or business operation, and if such modifications are made within thirty days the license shall then issue upon payment of such fee.)

If the license is denied and an appeal is filed the clerk shall immediately transmit all files and reports to the city manager who shall within ten days transmit the same to the city council which shall then schedule a public hearing for a date not more than twenty-one days from the receipt by it of such appeal and the applicant shall be notified by the clerk in writing of the date of hearing of such appeal. At the hearing the council shall consider staff reports and recommendations and also shall hear from the applicant or his attorney as to any reasons why the license shall be issued. At the conclusion of such hearing, upon the basis of all evidence received, the council shall vote whether or not to sustain the clerk’s decision in denying such license and its decision shall be final. (Ord. M-1283 §2, 1971: Ord. M-1154 §4, 1970)