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A. No license shall be issued to any of the following persons:

1. Any applicant who knowingly has made or allowed to be made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for a license, or in any report or record required to be filed under the ordinance codified in this chapter or any other applicable ordinance;

2. Any person who is not eighteen years of age or more at the time of the application;

3. Any person who has had a license revoked under this chapter within a period of one year prior to the date of making application for a license hereunder;

4. Any person who at the time of application is in default in the payment of any sum due the city of Vancouver for any license or tax;

5. Any person whose license is under suspension at the time of application for a license;

6. Any person who has been convicted or has pleaded guilty to any charge involving sexual acts and a minor, within the past eight years.

a. The mere filing of an application for a license shall not give the applicant any right to engage in the activity covered thereby.

b. After the investigation by the police and other named city departments herein, they shall report to the clerk as to whether the applicant and premises meet the requirements of this chapter. All investigations made under VMC Sections 5.53.060, 5.53.070 and this section shall be completed in not more than twenty-eight days from the date of application. The clerk then shall notify the applicant that its application either has been approved or denied.

c. If an application for license is denied, the applicant within fifteen days of the date of denial may appeal the decision to city council in the manner provided for in Section 5.53.100 for appeals of revocation of licenses. (Ord. M-3068 §9, 1993)