777.11 LICENSE REVOCATION; APPEALS.
(a) The Chief of Police or his designee 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 Chief of Police or his designee 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 his designee or the revocation or suspension of a license by the Chief of Police or his designee, the applicant or licensee may appeal to a Review Board consisting of the Chairperson of the Public Affairs Committee of Council, the Director of Finance, and the Director of Law or the designees of such persons. Notice of appeal shall be in writing, with the reasons for the appeal specified therein, and shall be filed with the Chief of Police or his designee within ten (10) days from the date of the Chief of Police's or his designee'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. The Board shall render a decision within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the hearing. The Board may sustain, reverse, or modify the action of the Chief of Police or his designee.
(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posing an imminent threat to health, safety, or property, as determined by the Director of Law, or unless a license has been revoked by the Chief of Police or his designee because the licensee has been convicted of receiving stolen property as provided in paragraph (b) herein, a licensee who is lawfully operating but whose license is subject to revocation or suspension, or which the Chief of Police or his designee has refused to renew, may continue operating during the pendency of an appeal under this section.
(Ord. 27-2018. Passed 4-9-18.)