Any vendor’s or operator’s permit may be revoked by the City Clerk or designee for good cause shown, including but not necessarily limited to any of the following reasons:
(A) Falsification of any information supplied by the permittee upon which issuance of a permit was based.
(B) Conviction of a violation, or pleas of guilty or nolo contendere, by a permittee of any crime occurring while such person was engaged in conducting vending operations from a vehicle, whether within or outside the city, involving moral turpitude, or the possession or sale of any controlled substance specified in Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 11054 through 11058, or the violation of any provision of Cal. Penal Code Title 9, Part 1, Chapters 1, 5, 7.5, 7.6 or 8, or an alcohol or drug-related offense in the case of a vendor’s permit held by a person who is a driver of a vehicle operated pursuant to this section.
(C) Exercise of the permit in a manner contrary to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare.
(D) No such revocation shall become effective until the expiration of the appeal period specified in this section. Notification of the permit holder shall be made either by personal delivery or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the permit holder at such permit holder’s residence address as set forth on the application for a permit. Service shall be deemed made on the permit holder on the date personally delivered or on the date of the mailing. A permit holder may appeal the revocation to the City Council by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk or designee within ten days following the date of service if the decision and payment of the appeal fee as prescribed by resolution of the City Council. The date of filing of the notice of appeal shall be the date the notice and appeal fee are received by the City Clerk or designee. If a timely appeal is filed, the revocation shall be stayed pending the decision of the City Council. Otherwise, the revocation shall be effective after the expiration of the appeal period.
(E) No person or entity whose permit is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new permit for a period of one year following the revocation.
(Ord. 1082, passed 5-18-94; Am. Ord. 1431, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1432, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1436, passed 2-6-19)