A. Upon receiving an application for the issuance or transfer of an alcoholic beverage control license, the city manager, or his or her designee, shall route the application to the Los Angeles County sheriff's department, community development director, and finance department, or their designees, for review and comment. The city manager may also refer any application to any other appropriate person or body for comment.
B. If, based upon investigation and comments received from the Los Angeles County sheriff's department, community development director, and/or director of finance, or their designees, or such other person or body, where applicable, the city manager, or his or her designee, determines that the city should file a protest or propose conditions with respect to the issuance or transfer of a license, the city manager, or his or her designee, shall prepare and submit the protest or proposed conditions to the department of alcoholic beverage control within thirty days of the mailing of the notice and application by the department of alcoholic beverage control. The protest shall state the grounds for the protest and include such relevant information as has been obtained. (Ord. 791-95 § 1 (part))