Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter providing for the issuance of permits for certain businesses by the business license and permit hearing board or city council, the finance director may issue permits for businesses listed in Section 5.20.020 without submission of the same to the business license permit hearing board or the city council when the finance director has obtained the necessary clearance from the law enforcement agency, the health department, and other investigating agencies, and where the director has received no evidence indicating that the public health, safety or welfare or the purposes of this title will be injured by the granting of such a permit, and where, in addition, there are no protests or objections to such permit. In the event all such conditions do not exist or the finance director denies a permit for other reasons, the application shall be referred to the business license and permit hearing board and the city council. (Ord. 913-02 § 22: prior code § 11-112)