5.18.080 Requirement for separate permit and bond.

   Every natural person actively carrying on, conducting or engaging in any activity for which a permit is required under this chapter and enumerated in § 5.18.010 shall file a separate application, separate photograph and fingerprints and pay a separate application and permit fee as required under this chapter and post a separate bond as provided in § 5.18.050, regardless whether or not such natural person is engaged in such activity on behalf of or for any firm, corporation, partnership, association, society or any other such organization.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.080.) (Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)

5.18.090 Permit - Transfer.

   No transfer of permit as to location or ownership shall be allowed or granted, except after application therefor has been made upon forms provided by the Chief of Police, who may grant or reject such application after an investigation by him, her or other city departments. If the application for transfer is approved, this action shall be endorsed upon the permit by the Chief of Police.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.090.) (Ord. 2347 § 27, 1998; Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)

5.18.100 Permit - Posting.

   Every person granted a permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall immediately post such permit and keep the same posted while in operation in a conspicuous place upon the premises where such activity is authorized to be carried on. It is unlawful for any person to post such permit or allow it to be posted upon the premises other than those named in the application or knowingly to deface or destroy any such permit. Whenever a permit is lost or destroyed without fault on the part of the owner, or his or her agents or employees, a duplicate permit in lieu thereof may be issued by the Chief of Police in his or her discretion.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.100.) (Ord. 2347 § 28, 1998; Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)

5.18.110 Hours.

   It is unlawful to keep open to the public or to conduct the activity and practices defined in § 5.18.010 on any day of the week between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.110.) (Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)

5.18.120 Inspection.

   (A)   It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and he or she is authorized and empowered, from time to time, to inspect and examine, or cause to be inspected and examined, the premises where the activity or practices as described in § 5.18.010 are carried on, for the purpose of ascertaining the general reputation and character of the place and of the persons who habitually frequent such place; the name and kind of such activity conducted at such place by the permittee or by any other persons; the nature and kind of entertainment, if any, at such place; and whether such place is conducted in a lawful, quiet or orderly manner. The inspection and examination shall be made when the premises are open to the public for business or otherwise occupied as provided in § 5.18.110.

   (B)   It shall be his or her duty in the event he or she finds that the activity is not carried on in a lawful, quiet and orderly manner or that the permittee is violating or has violated the provisions of this chapter or any other law of the city or of the state to recommend to the Council that the permit be suspended or revoked. The Council may, upon such recommendation being filed, or upon its own motion, serve or cause to be served upon the permittee a notice specifying the grounds for the complaint and fixing a time and place at which the Council shall hear and determine such charges, which time shall not be less than three days from the date of the service of the notice, at which time and place the person against whom the complaint is filed shall have the opportunity to be heard and to make his or her defense against such complaint.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.120.) (Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)

5.18.130 Permit - Cancellation - Cause.

   Upon the discovery of any false or misleading statements in the application or any misrepresentation by the applicant in procuring the permit, or upon the failure, neglect or refusal of the applicant to promptly, voluntarily and without notice furnish and file a new bond when the surety on any bond has terminated its liability and cause the same to be approved by the City Manager as to sufficiency of sureties and by the City Attorney as to form, or in case of death, bankruptcy or removal from the city of any one or both of the sureties on the bond, the Council may, upon five days notice to the applicant, cancel and annul the permit, whereupon the applicant shall be amenable to the penalties prescribed in this chapter from and after the date of the cancellation as though the permit has never been granted.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.130.) (Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)

5.18.140 Permit - Suspension, revocation.

   Any permittee who violates or permits a violation of the laws of the state, county or of the city within such permitted establishment shall be liable to have his or her permit suspended or revoked by the Council. The Council shall also have the right to suspend or revoke such permit whenever it is shown to its satisfaction that the activity so licensed is being conducted in a manner which is detrimental to the health, morals, peace or safety of the community; provided, however, that any suspension or revocation should be ordered only after the Council has followed the procedure set out in § 5.18.120; and provided, further, however, that when such permit is suspended or revoked, the Council shall notify the permittee in writing and give the reason for such suspension or revocation. When a permit has been revoked, no other permit shall be issued to the same permittee within one year.

(`78 Code, § 5.18.140.) (Ord. 2315 § 1 (part), 1997.)