The license may be revoked, suspended or not renewed by the City Council upon recommendation of the City Administrator by showing that the licensee, its owners, managers, employees, agents or any other interested parties have engaged in any of the following conduct:
(A) Fraud, deception or misrepresentation in connection with securing of the license;
(B) Habitual drunkenness or intemperance in the use of drugs including, but not limited to, the use of drugs defined in M.S. § 152.01, as it may be amended from time to time, barbiturates, hallucinogenic drugs, amphetamines, benzedrine, dexedrine or other sedatives, depressants, stimulants or tranquilizers;
(C) Engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude or permitting or allowing others within their employ or agency to engage in conduct involving moral turpitude or failing to prevent agents, officers or employees in engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude;
(D) Failure to fully comply with any requirements of the ordinances on the city regarding sanitary and safety conditions, zoning requirements, Building Code requirements or ordinances, the violation of which involves moral turpitude or failure to comply fully with any requirements of this chapter;
(E) (1) Conviction of any offense involving moral turpitude. The certificate holder may appeal the suspension, revocation or non-renewal to the City Council. The Council shall consider the appeal at a regularly scheduled public hearing on or after ten days from service of the notice on appeal to the City Administrator. The Council may order:
(a) The revocation, suspension or non-renewal be affirmed; or
(b) The revocation, suspension or non-renewal be lifted and that the certificate be returned to the certificate holder.
(2) The City Council may base either suspension or issuance upon any additional terms, conditions and stipulations which it may, in its sole discretion, impose.
(2002 Code, § 4.32) (Ord. 2, Fifth Series, passed 3-18-1996; Ord. 95, Seventh Series, passed 1-6-2020)