(a) The Service Director shall revoke a sexually oriented business license if a cause of suspension in Section 779.08 occurs and the license has been suspended within the preceding 12 months.
(b) The Service Director shall revoke a sexually oriented business license if the Service Director determines that:
(1) A licensee gave false or misleading information in the application.
(2) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(3) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises;
(4) A licensee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the licensee's license was suspended;
(6) On two (2) or more occasions within a 12-month period, a person or persons while in or on the licensed premises committed an offense listed in Section 779.04(a)(1) for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were employees of the sexually oriented business at the time the offenses were committed;
(7) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed any sexual activity to occur in or on the licensed premises. The term "sexual activity" shall have the same meaning as it is defined in Ohio R.C. 2907.01; or
(8) A licensee is delinquent in payment to the city of taxes or fees related to the sexually oriented business or arising out of any other business activity owned or operated by the licensee and licensed by the city.
(c) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the license.
(d) Subsection (b)(7) hereof does not apply to adult motels as a ground for revoking the license unless the licensee or employee knowingly allowed sexual activity to occur in a public place or within public view.
(e) When the City Service Director revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year and the licensee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business license for one year from the date revocation becomes effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the Service Director finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a license if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date the revocation became effective. If the license was revoked under subsection (b)(5) hereof, an applicant may not be granted another license until the appropriate number of years required under Section 779.04(a)(2) has elapsed.
(Ord. 7897-13. Passed 5-13-13.)