755.15 REVOCATION.

   (a)   The City may revoke an Adult Business License or Adult Entertainment Employee License if a cause of suspension under Section 755.14 of this Chapter occurs and the license has been suspended on at least two previous occasions within a twelve (12) month period.

   (b)   Additionally, the City may revoke an Adult Business License if it determines that:

      (1)   A licensee gave false or misleading information on the application or in the material submitted during the application process;

      (2)   The licensee(s) failed to comply with any requirement stated in the license, pursuant to Section 755.08(c) of this Chapter, to correct specified deficiencies within sixty (60) days;

      (3)   A licensee has knowingly or recklessly allowed the possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;

      (4)   A licensee has knowingly or recklessly allowed prostitution, solicitation or the commission of a felony to occur on the licensed premises;

      (5)   A licensee knowingly or recklessly operated the Adult Entertainment Business or Adult Motel during a period of time when the licensee's license was suspended;

      (6)   Except in the case of an Adult Motel, a licensee has knowingly or recklessly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or other sex act to occur in or on the licensed premises;

      (7)   A licensee has been convicted of a "specified criminal activity," as defined in Section 755.02 of this Chapter, during the term of the license; or

      (8)   A licensee is delinquent in payment to the City, County or State for any taxes or fees past due that were assessed or imposed in relation to any business.

   (c)   The City may revoke an Adult Entertainment Employee License if it determines that:

      (1)   The licensee gave false or misleading information on the application or in the material submitted during the application process;

      (2)   The licensee has knowingly or recklessly acted as an employee on the premises of an Adult Entertainment Business or an Adult Motel during a period of time when the licensee's license was suspended; or

      (3)   The licensee has been convicted of a specified criminal activity, as defined in Section 755.02 of this Chapter, during the term of the license.

   (d)   The Building Commissioner shall advise the licensee in writing of the reason(s) for any revocation.

   (e)   In the event the City revokes an Adult Business License or an Adult Entertainment Employee License, the licensee or any other entity involving the licensee, shall not be issued another license for at least one (1) year from the date the revocation became effective.
(Ord. 2004-108. Passed 7-6-04.)