Athens City Code

1. (1) To receive a permit as an employee, an applicant must meet the following standards:
   1. (a) The applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.
   2. (b) The applicant shall not have been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, prostitution, obscenity, or other crime of a sexual nature in any jurisdiction within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
2. (2) No permit shall be issued until the city police department has investigated the applicant's qualifications to receive a permit. The result of that investigation shall be filed in writing with the city manager no later than 20 days after the date of the application.
3. (3) Whenever an application for a permit as an employee is denied, the applicant may, within ten days of receipt of notification of denial, request a hearing before the city council, at which the applicant may present evidence bearing upon the question. This hearing shall be held by the city council at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the city council which occurs more than five days after the request for a hearing has been filed. If the city council denies the applicant a permit as an employee, the city attorney shall, within ten days after the denial, institute suit for declaratory judgment in state court for review of the denial.

(Code 1995, § 9-1008; Ord. No. 843, § 1, 4-21-1998)