(a) 
No person shall engage in the business of selling, transferring, advertising, offering, or exposing for sale or transfer, any pistol, revolver or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person unless he or she has been issued a license pursuant to this chapter, in addition to any other permit or license required by this code.
(b) 
A person who engages in the business of selling or transferring concealable weapons at more than one place of business shall be required to have a separate license for each such place of business. No license issued by another jurisdiction shall be valid in the city.
(c) 
As used in this chapter, engaging in the business of selling or transferring concealable firearms does not include the infrequent sale or transfer, offering, exposing for sale, or advertising for sale any handgun at a gun show, swap meet or similar event. As used in this section, "infrequent" means occasional and without regularity.
(d) 
The question as to whether a person is "engaged in the business," as the term is used in this chapter, shall be resolved in light of the facts of each particular case.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
(a) 
An application for a license under this chapter, or the renewal thereof, shall be filed with the finance department on forms provided by the city, together with a filing fee, as established by city council resolution. The information to be provided on the application shall include the applicant's true name and aliases, if any, driver's license number, date of birth, height, weight, color of hair and eyes, business and residence address and telephone number, state sales tax number, and such other information as the chief of police may deem necessary. The application shall be verified by the applicant.
(b) 
A person who engages in the business of selling or transferring concealable weapons at more than one place of business shall be required to file a separate application for each such place of business.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
(a) 
The chief of police shall conduct an investigation of the applicant to determine whether the license, or renewal thereof, shall be issued. The police chief may require information of the applicant which he or she deems necessary to conduct the investigation, in addition to the information contained in the application.
(b) 
The chief of police shall complete his or her investigation and either issue the license or give written notice to the applicant by mail or personal service of the denial thereof, within thirty days after the application is filed. Every notice of denial shall include a statement of the findings therefor.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
(a) 
The chief of police shall issue the license, or renewal thereof, if:
(1) 
The place of business is in a zone that permits the sale of guns;
(2) 
The applicant has not been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor involving the violation of any state law or any local ordinance relating to the owning, carrying, sale, use or registration of firearms or dangerous or deadly weapons;
(3) 
The applicant's character is not adverse to the safety or general welfare of the community;
(4) 
The applicant maintains the security of the place of business, according to reasonable standards, which may be prescribed by the police chief; and
(5) 
The applicant has not falsified any of the information contained in the application or otherwise reasonably required by the police chief.
(b) 
As used in this section, "conviction" means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
Every license, and renewal thereof, shall be issued subject to all of the conditions contained in Section 12071 of the California Penal Code.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
(a) 
Every license, or renewal thereof, shall be issued, personally to the applicant, in the form prescribed by the Attorney General of the state.
(b) 
Every license shall expire:
(1) 
One year after the date of issuance, or
(2) 
Upon the cessation or change in the location of the place of business, whichever occurs first; provided, that an expired license may be renewed for additional one-year periods in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) 
The assignment or attempt to assign any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be unlawful and any such assignment or attempt to assign a permit shall render the license null and void.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
(a) 
A license, or renewal thereof, shall be revocable by the chief of police upon a finding that:
(1) 
There has been a change of fact relative to one or more of the findings upon which approval was granted pursuant to Section 9.14.040; or
(2) 
There has been a violation of one or more of the conditions of approval imposed pursuant to Section 9.14.050.
(b) 
A license which is revoked pursuant to this chapter shall be surrendered by the licensee to the chief of police.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)
(a) 
The applicant shall have ten days from the date of mailing or of personal service of a notice of denial to file with the chief of police a written request for reconsideration. The request shall state the grounds therefor and shall include evidence or argument in opposition to the findings upon which the denial was based. The written request may include a request for a personal interview with the police chief. Within five days after the written request is filed or the interview is held, whichever is later, the police chief shall either issue the license, or renewal thereof, or give written notice to the applicant by mail or by personal service of his or her final determination of denial and the findings therefor.
(b) 
The applicant shall have ten days from the date of mailing or of personal service of the final determination of denial to file with the city manager a written appeal. The appeal shall state the grounds therefor, and shall include evidence or argument in opposition to the findings upon which the final determination was based. The written appeal may include a request for a personal interview with the city manager. Within five days after the written appeal is filed or the interview is held, whichever is later, the city manager shall either cause the license to be issued or shall give written notice to the applicant by mail or by personal service of his or her decision of the denial thereof and the findings therefor. The decision of the city manager shall be final.
(Ord. 1383 § 1, 1982)