Appendix 6816. Investigation of specific businesses.

(a)

Category B businesses—no criminal background check required. Upon receipt of an application for one (1) of the following businesses, the director, or his or her designee, shall coordinate with several governmental entities to ensure compliance with all applicable state and county codes as deemed necessary by the director, and may obtain reports from the building and safety department, fire department, county animal control, county environmental health department, county health department, and any other agencies he or she deems necessary to determine if the criteria for issuance of a business license have been met:

(1)

Ambulance operator;

(2)

Ambulance vehicle;

(3)

Ambulance driver;

(4)

Apartment houses with sixteen (16) or more units;

(5)

Auto body and fender;

(6)

Auto paint shop;

(7)

Boarding house;

(8)

Carnival game booth;

(9)

Circus/travel show;

(10)

Coin game;

(11)

Cold storage warehouse;

(12)

Farmer's market;

(13)

Filling stations;

(14)

Food establishment (food sales as an accessory use);

(15)

Hay, grain and feed;

(16)

Hotel with sixteen (16) or more rooms;

(17)

Launderette/laundromat;

(18)

Livery stable;

(19)

Lumberyard;

(20)

Motor vehicle rental;

(21)

Plant nursery;

(22)

Public eating (eateries/restaurants where food is prepared);

(23)

Taxi cab vehicles (as defined in sections 7601—7618 of this Code);

(24)

Tow truck.

(b)

Category C businesses—criminal background check required. Upon receipt of an application for one (1) of the following businesses, the director or his or her designee shall:

(1)

Coordinate with several governmental entities to ensure compliance with all applicable state and county codes as deemed necessary by the director, and may obtain reports from the building and safety department, fire department, county animal control, county environmental health department, county health department, and any other agencies he or she deems necessary to determine if the criteria for issuance of a business license have been met; and

(2)

Conduct an investigation and criminal background check on the applicant(s):

a.

Acupressure and acupressure technicians;

b.

Adult businesses (as defined in subsection 9120.1.A.G. of this Code);

c.

Billiard room;

d.

Bookstore;

e.

Carnival;

f.

Dance;

g.

Entertainment;

h.

Exhibition;

i.

Game arcade;

j.

Gun dealer;

k.

Health gym/spa;

l.

Locksmith;

m.

Massage establishment owner (owns five (5) percent or more of the business and not certified under state massage therapy laws);

n.

Model studio;

o.

Motor vehicle repair;

p.

Outdoor festival;

q.

Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers;

r.

Peddling;

s.

Psychic reading;

t.

School, private;

u.

Taxicab driver (as defined in sections 7601—7618 of this Code);

v.

Taxicab operator (as defined in sections 7601—7618 of this Code);

w.

Theatre;

x.

Door-to-door sales.

(Ord. No. 13-401, § 3, 5-8-2013; Ord. No. 14-407, § 3, 5-14-2014; Ord. No. 14-410, § 4, 8-27-2014)