A. Authority: Licenses may be suspended or revoked by the city council for the violation on the licensed premises of any provision of this chapter or of any other applicable ordinance or law relating to alcoholic beverages, or if the person to whom the license was issued no longer possesses the qualifications required by this chapter and the statutes of the state.
B. Hearing: All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter may be suspended by the city council without a prior hearing. Immediately following any suspension order issued without a prior hearing, notice shall be given such licensee, advising him of his right to a prompt hearing, and listing the cause or causes for such suspension. If cause for the suspension is established at the hearing, the suspension order may be continued for up to one year in duration, or may be revoked. However, no license shall be revoked or suspended beyond the initial hearing without first establishing cause therefor, nor shall any license be revoked without first giving the licensee an opportunity for a hearing on the cause specified for revocation. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to sell or permit any person to possess or consume any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises during the period of suspension or after the revocation of the license. (Ord. 2016-07)