(a) The Mayor may at any time revoke or suspend any license granted under the authority of this chapter for failure to comply with the terms of this chapter or any law or ordinance applicable to the business so licensed.
(b) The Mayor shall revoke any license granted under the authority of this chapter if the licensee has been convicted of receiving stolen property.
(c) In case of the refusal to issue or renew a license by the Chief of Police or the revocation or suspension of a license by the Mayor, the applicant or licensee may appeal to a Board consisting of the Chairperson of Council Safety & Municipal Services Committee or his/her designee, the Finance Director or his/her designee and the Director of Law or his/her designee. Notice of such appeal shall be in writing, and shall be filed with the Law Director within ten (10) days from the date of the Mayor’s action. Within ten (10) days after the filing of such notice, the Board shall proceed to hear such appeal, at which hearing all parties interested shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. No notice of the hearing is required to be provided to adjoining property owners. The Board shall render a decision within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the hearing. The Board may sustain, disapprove or modify the action of the Mayor or Chief of Police.
(d) In the absence of conditions posing an imminent threat to health, safety or property, as determined by the Director of Law, or unless a license has been revoked by the Mayor because the licensee has been convicted of receiving stolen property as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a licensee who is lawfully operating but whose license is subject to revocation or suspension, or which the Mayor has refused to renew, may continue operating during the pendency of an appeal under this section.
(Ord. 20-2018. Passed 3-19-18; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)