A. The withdrawal of an application for a permit or license after it has been filed with the Committee on Permits and Licenses shall not, unless the Committee on Permits and Licenses has expressly consented in writing to the withdrawal, deprive the Committee on Permits and Licenses of its authority to institute or continue a proceeding against the applicant for the denial of the permit or license upon any ground provided by the Code, or for violation of any law or rule which relates to the suitability of the permittee or licensee to have such permit or license.
B. The suspension, expiration, cancellation or forfeiture by operation of the Code of a permit or license, or its surrender without the express written consent of the Committee on Permits and Licenses, shall not deprive the Committee on Permits and Licenses of its authority to institute or continue a suspension or revocation proceeding against the permittee or licensee upon any ground provided by the Code, or for violation of any law or rule which relates to the suitability of the permittee or licensee to have such permit or license.
('65 Code, § 19-63) (Ord. No. 96-011, § 1; Ord. No. 96-021, § 1)