(a) Before issuing any license for the operation of any class of cabaret, the licensing authority shall require public notice to be given of the application for such license not less than ten days before the hearing by the posting of a sign in a conspicuous place on the premises whereon the cabaret is proposed to be operated, legible from the public street or public way other than an alley nearest to such premises, stating the type and class of license applied for, the name and address of the applicant, the type of entertainment to be offered, the name and address of the establishment or business for which application is being made and the time when and the place where a public hearing will be held on the application. At the time and place specified in the notice or at such other time to which the hearing may be continued by the licensing authority, the licensing authority shall receive and hear such information and evidence as may be offered by the applicant and by members of the public concerning the existence or nonexistence of any fact or circumstance material to the decision or determination by the licensing authority as to whether such application should be granted and a license issued. The licensing authority shall make findings of fact in support of its conclusion to either deny or approve the license applied for. A copy of such written findings and conclusion shall be mailed to the applicant within 30 days of the conclusion of such hearing and, if requested, to any person testifying at the hearing in opposition to the license.

(b) In addition to the notice requirements contained within subsection (a) of this section, a change of ownership or modification of premises, which will affect and/or change the current use of the premises for which the current license was issued, shall be required to notify the president or representative of any and all neighborhood organizations registered with the department of planning and the principal or representative of any and all schools which are located within any part of the relevant neighborhood to be considered by the authority. The licensing authority shall always hold a public hearing in the event of such an application. The applicant has the burden of proving that notification to the neighborhood organizations and schools occurred not less than ten days prior to the public hearing. The notification form and the transmittal affidavit shall be available in the office of the licensing administrator. For the definition of "relevant neighborhood," see section 6-69(a). (Code 1979, § 5-78; Ord. No. 2019-34, § 18, 7-15-2019; Ord. No. 97-43, § 25, 8-18-1997)