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(C) In each case of such refusal by the City Manager to issue, reissue or transfer any license, or Notice of Intent to revoke an existing license, the aggrieved party shall have the right to appeal such act to the City Council by filing with the City Manager notice of appeal within ten ( 10 ) days after such refusal. The City Council, within fifteen ( 15) days of such appeal, shall hold a public hearing to determine if such refusal to issue, reissue or transfer a . license under this Chapter is in the public interest. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the license applicant, which notice shall fix a date for the hearing giving the license applicant an opportunity to be heard on the denial of the issue, reissue or transfer of the license by the City .Manager. Such notice shall be given in writing by the City Clerk, at least five ( 5) days before the date of such hearing, unless such notice is waived by the aggrieved party. The City Council after hearing from all interested parties, by majority vote, shall either sustain the position of the City Manager or order the City Manager to issue or transfer the license or deny revocation of an existing license if the appeal is based on a Notice of Revocation. . The City Council shall base its decision on the best interest of the public ' s health, safety and welfare and a determination that the applicant is personally fit to engage in said operation. Any transfer ordered by this procedure and approved by the City Council will be made only after payment to the City Manager a fee of Three. Dollars ( $3 .00) therefor. Section 11. RIGHT TO ENTRY TO PLACES OF BUSINESS, OCCUPATION OR PROFESSION. The City Manager and his designees and other authorized representative shall have the authority, as may bepermitted by law, to_ enter,- free .of -c.har-ge.., " duri.ng -business hour-s,- any --p-lac-e- , of business, occupation or profession in connection with which a license tax is imposed under. this Chapter, and to . request exhibition of the license tax certificate and evidence of the amount and .date of the last license tax paid. All persons to whom a license, tax certificate has been issued hereunder .shall exhibit the certificate in an area of thebusiness open to the public. Section 12: CHARITABLE SOLICITATION. No license shall be . issued for any person, directly or indirectly to solicit money, donations of money, property or financial assistance of any kind or to sell or offer for sale any article , tag, service, emblem, publication, ticket, advertisement subscription, or anything of value on the plea or representation that such solicitation or sale, or the proceeds thereof, is for a charitable, patriotic, public, or philanthropic purpose. Persons desiring to engage in such solicitation in the City must obtain an appeals permit as provided in the City Code. Section 13 : NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. (A) Associations organized to represent a group of profitmaking organizations or persons and who engage at least one full-time employee shall be licensed as a business office. (B) "Business" , "profession" , and "occupation" as used in this Chapter do not include the customary religious, charitable, or educational activities of nonprofit religious, nonprofit charitable, and nonprofit educational institutions in this state, which institutions are more particularly defined and limited as follows: ( 1) "Religious institutions" shall mean churches and ecclesiastical or denominational organizations or established physical places for worship in this state at which nonprofit religious services and activities O.R. 2O46PAGE0639