A. State License Revoked Or Suspended: If any license issued by the Montana department of revenue under the provisions of the Montana alcoholic beverage code shall be revoked or shall be suspended under the provisions of said code, the companion license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be automatically revoked or suspended for the said period, and in the event such action by the Montana department of revenue shall, on appeal, be modified or set aside, the suspension or revocation of the license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall likewise be automatically affected.
B. Conviction For Violation:
1. Conviction: The conviction of any licensee, or any employee of such licensee in the operation of or in connection with the business licensed under this chapter and the Montana alcoholic beverage code for violation of this chapter or said code shall make such license subject to revocation upon the fact of such conviction being certified to the mayor by the director of finance or judge of the court in which such conviction was had.
2. Mayor's Endorsement; Service: The mayor shall thereupon endorse upon such certificate notice that the license of the person so certified as convicted is revoked and cause the same to be served upon such licensee or person in charge of such business at the time of such service, and thereupon such license shall stand revoked; and the chief of police shall see to it that such business is discontinued while such revocation is effective.
3. Appeal: Any licensee whose license is revoked under the provisions of this chapter may appeal from such revocation to the city council for such action as it may see fit to take, but pending action upon such appeal by the city council, said license shall stand revoked.
4. Mayor Power To Suspend License: Every person licensed hereunder shall conduct the business licensed in an orderly manner and licenses may be suspended by the mayor for any improper or disorderly conduct which is permitted or which occurs in or about the premises where such licensed business is carried on.
C. City Council Power To Revoke License: When any person licensed hereunder shall violate the provisions of this chapter or any of the ordinances of the city, or laws of this state, or shall permit such violations on the premises where such licensed business is carried on, the city council may revoke any such license so issued.
D. Notice; Hearing: Before any final action shall be taken upon the revocation of any license, the licensee shall be entitled to at least three (3) days' notice of the time and place such action will be taken thereon and shall have the right to be heard in the matter, except in cases where such action shall be based upon a conviction in the city court, in which case, it shall be lawful for the council to proceed without such notice. (1983 Code § 5.04.050)