(A) The County Clerk or designated agent shall issue a written notice of intent to revoke an adult entertainment establishment license or an adult entertainment establishment employee license, as applicable, if the licensee knowingly violates this chapter or has knowingly allowed an employee or any other person to violate this chapter and a suspension of the licensee’s license has become effective within the previous 12-month period.
(B) The County Clerk or designated agent shall issue a written notice of intent to revoke an adult entertainment establishment license or an adult entertainment establishment employee license, as applicable, if:
(1) The licensee has knowingly given false information in the application for the adult entertainment establishment license or the adult entertainment establishment employee license;
(2) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly engaged in or allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises of the adult entertainment establishment;
(3) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly engaged in or allowed prostitution on the premises of the adult entertainment establishment;
(4) The licensee knowingly or recklessly operated the adult entertainment establishment during a period of time when the license was finally suspended or revoked;
(5) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly engaged in or allowed any specified sexual activity or specified criminal activity to occur in or on the premises of the adult entertainment establishment; or
(6) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly allowed a person under the age of 18 years to consume alcohol or appear in a state of semi-nudity or nudity on the premises of the adult entertainment establishment.
(C) The fact that any relevant conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the license; provided, that if any conviction which serves as a basis of a license revocation is overturned or reversed on appeal, that conviction shall be treated as null, void, and of no effect for revocation purposes.
(D) When, after the notice and hearing procedure described in this chapter, the county revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year and the licensee shall not be issued an adult entertainment establishment license or adult entertainment establishment employee license for one year from the date revocation becomes effective.
(Ord. KOC 1030.3 (2008), passed 12-18-2008)