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SECTION 10. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title 500, Chapter 504, Section 504.05 of the Mounds View Municipal Code by adding the double-underlined material and deleting the str-ickerr material as follows: 504.05: INVESTIGATION; ISSUANCE OR DENIAL Or PERMIT: Subd. 1. Investigation: Upon receipt of each application and payment of the fee, it shall be referred to the Chief of Police, who shall immediately institute such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good and shall endorse the application in the manner prescribed in this Section within due€-(3)seven 7 business days after it has been filed by the applicant with the City Administrator. Subd. 2. Denial of Permit: If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse on such application any disapproval and the reasons for the same and return the application to the City Administrator, who shall notify the applicant within t3)seven 7 business days that the application is disapproved and that no permit will be issued. Subd. 3. Grounds for Denial of Permit a. The failure of an applicant to obtain and demonstrate proof of having obtained any required county permit or state license. b. The failure of an applicant to truthfully provide any information requested by the City as part of the application process. C. The failure of an applicant to sign the permit application. d. The failure of an applicant to pay the required fee at the time of application. e. A conviction within the past five (5) years of the date of application for any violation of any federal or state statute or regulation, or of any local ordinance, which adversely reflects upon the person's ability to conduct the business for which the permit is being sought in a professional, honest and legal manner. Such violations shall include, but are not limited to, burglary, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, unlawful business practices, and any form of actual or threatened physical harm against another person. f. The revocation within the past five (5) years of any license or permit issued to an applicant for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant. g. When an applicant has a bad business reputation. Evidence of a bad business reputation shall include, but is not limited to, the existence of more than three (3) complaints against an applicant with the Better Business Bureau, the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General or other state attorney general's office, or other similar business or consumer rights office or agency, within the proceeding twelve (12) months, or three (3) complaints filed with the City against an applicant within the preceding five (5) years. 533107v1 DTA MU210-54 6