(a) Any applicant whose application for a teen dance club license is denied shall be notified in writing of the denial by the Director of Public Safety. Such applicant may appeal the denial to a Board of Appeals comprised of the Safety Director or his designee, who shall act as Chair of the Board of Appeals, the Director of Public Service and the Building Commissioner. A written request for an appeals hearing shall be submitted to the Director of Public Safety within ten days after receipt of the application denial notice.
(b) The Director of Public Safety, upon the recommendations of the Chief of Police, or as a result of his own investigation may suspend or revoke the teen dance club license issued to any person, society, club, firm, organization, corporation, or other legal entity, under the provisions of this chapter, where the place so licensed has been the source of repeated incidents or a pattern of disorderly or criminal conduct, or has substantially interfered with public peace or good order in the neighborhood, or because any person named in an application has been convicted of a felony, drug or alcohol offense, corruption of a minor or child endangering, a crime of moral turpitude, or a violation of any provision of this chapter. Any person, society, club, firm, organization, corporation or other legal entity, whose teen dance club license has been suspended or revoked by the Director of Public Safety, shall be notified in writing of the suspension or revocation by the said Director. Such person may appeal the revocation to the Board of Appeals created in subsection (a) hereof. A written request for an appeal hearing shall be submitted to the Director of Public Safety within ten days after receipt of the license revocation notice.
(c) The Board of Appeals, so herein established, shall hear any appeal, pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof, within thirty days from the date the request for appeal is received by the Director of Public Safety. The Board shall have the power to sustain, modify or reverse the decision of the Director of Public Safety. The Board's decision shall be in writing and sent to the appellant/applicant or his/her legal representative, within fifteen days after the hearing is concluded. The decision of the Board of Appeals shall be considered a final administrative order, appealable to the Court of Common Pleas pursuant to the provisions of Ohio R.C. Chapters 2505 and 2506.
(Ord. 2006-38. Passed 6-26-06.)