Chapter 5.04 COMMERCIAL BUSINESS LICENCES
Section 5.04.620 Suspension or revocation of license.
A. Procedure. The denial, suspension
or revocation of any license issued pursuant to this
article shall be done in accordance with Article G of this chapter, which sets forth the applicant
s right to present evidence why the license should not be denied, suspended or denied.
B. Conditions Specified. The County
may issue a notice suspending or revoking a sexually
oriented business license or employee license granted under this chapter if a licensee or an
employee of the licensee has:
1. Violated or is not in compliance
with the provisions of this article;
2. Refused to allow any inspection
of the premises of the sexually oriented business
specifically authorized by this article or by any other statute or ordinance;
3. Failed to replenish the cost bond
as provided in this article; such a suspension shall extend
until the bond has been replenished;
4. Given materially false or misleading
information in obtaining the license;
5. Knowingly operated the sexually
oriented business or worked under the employee license
during the period when the business license or employee licensee s license was suspended;
6. Committed an offense which would
be grounds for denial of a license for which the time
period required has not elapsed;
7. On two or more occasions within
a twelve (12) month period, a person committed in or
on, or solicited for on the licensed premises, or an outcall employee solicited or committed on or
off the premises, an offense which would be grounds for denial of a license for which a
conviction has been obtained, and the person was an employee, whether or not licensed, of the
sexually oriented business at the time the offenses were committed;
8. Been delinquent in payment to the
County for ad valorem taxes or sales taxes related to
the sexually oriented business.
C. Effective Date. Suspension or revocation
shall take effect within fifteen (15) days of the
issuance of notice, unless an appeal is filed as provided by this article.
D. Appeal No Effect on Revocation.
The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have
no effect on the revocation of the license.
E. Length of Revocation. When a license
issued pursuant to this chapter is revoked, the
revocation shall continue for one year from its effective date and the license shall be reissued to
the sexually oriented business or employee for one year from the date of such revocation. (Ord.
4-2000 Art. X(Z))