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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

5.83.080 ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF PERMIT.

On receipt from the Police Department of its investigation report the bureau shall issue a permit if the Police Department in its report finds that the applicant has furnished all required information and that:

(1) The character and responsibility of the applicant are satisfactory;

(2) Operation of the business will comply with all applicable laws;

(3) The applicant has not been convicted of a violation of California Penal Code Section 311 through 311.7, 314 through 316, 318, or 647 (a), (b), (d) or (h), or California Health and Safety Code Section 11351 through 11354, 11358 through 11363, 11378 through 11380 or 11383;

(4) The applicant has not been convicted of the use of force and violence upon another;

(5) The applicant has not knowingly and with intent to deceive made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement in his or her application or in any other document required to be submitted in conjunction with the application.

The permit shall be denied if all of the above findings are not made or if all required information has not been supplied. If the permit is denied, the reasons for the denial shall be endorsed on the application, and the bureau shall, by first class mail, notify the applicant of the denial with a copy of the application on which have been endorsed the reasons for the denial.