The city finance department within ten days after receiving the application and aforementioned recommendation shall grant the vendor's permit or operator's permit only if it finds that all of the following requirements have been met:
1. The required fees have been paid;
2. The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this chapter;
3. The applicant has not made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application;
4. The applicant has not had a similar permit denied or revoked by the city of Lawndale within a period of one year prior to the date of such application;
5. The applicant if an individual; or any of the directors, officers or stockholders holding more than five percent of the stock of the corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, or profit interest holder, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed business of vending from a vehicle or a natural person employed or contracted with to be a driver or vendor has not been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty within five years prior to his application for a permit to a misdemeanor or felony crime of moral turpitude or drug-related misdemeanor or felony crime, including but not limited to: the sale of a controlled substance specified in California Health and Safety Code Sections 11054 through 11058; the sale, distribution or display of harmful or obscene matter; indecent exposure; or in the case of applications for a vendor's permit by a person who will be a driver of a vehicle pursuant to this section, alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses. The investigating city employee is specifically authorized to obtain state summary criminal history record information as provided for in California Penal Code Section 11105. Any complaint for the above-listed charges pending before a court of law shall cause the application to be considered pending until adjudication of the complaint. (Ord. 797-95 § 1 (part))