(A) It is unlawful for any applicant to make a false statement or omission upon any application form. Any false statement in such application, or any omission to state any information called for on such application form, shall, upon discovered of such falsehood, work an automatic refusal of license, or if already issued, shall render any license issued pursuant thereto, void. Prior issuance is no effect to protect the applicant from prosecution for violation of this section or any part hereof.
(B) The City Council may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for operation on any premises on which real estate taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the city or of the state are due, delinquent or unpaid. If an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of M.S. Chapter 278, questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the Council may on application by the licensee waive strict compliance with this provision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes, or any portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after becoming due unless such one-year period is extended through no fault of the licensee.
(C) The City Council may suspend or revoke a licence issued under this chapter upon a finding of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any state statute regulating pawnbrokers or precious metal dealers. Any conviction by the pawnbroker or precious metal dealer for theft, receiving stolen property or any other crime or violation involving stolen property shall result in the immediate suspension pending a hearing on revocation of any license issued hereunder.
(D) Except in the case of a suspension pending a hearing on revocation, a revocation or suspension of a license by the Council shall be preceded by a public hearing conducted in accordance with M.S. §§ 15.0418 through 15.0426. The City Council may appoint a hearing examiner or may conduct a hearing itself. The hearing notice shall be given at least ten days prior to the hearing, include notice of the time and place of the hearing, and shall state the nature of the charges against the licensee.
(‘81 Code, § 15-39) (Ord. 508, § 1, 4-25-91; Am. Ord. 842, passed 8-14-08)