The clerk-treasurer, before issuing a license, shall investigate the character of the applicant or applicants, promoter or promoters, and officers or general manager of the business. A license may be denied if the clerk-treasurer shall find that any of the persons named in the application shall have previously been convicted of a felony connected with any sporting event or rock concert where the license has been comply in every way with the ordinances and laws applicable thereto. If the application is denied, the applicant for such permit shall be notified in writing of the reasons for the rejection and shall have the right to appeal this decision to the town board. (Ord. 595 § 5, 1978).