(A) Every license issued hereunder shall be revoked for any of the following causes:
(1) Intoxicating liquors are herewith sold or drunk on the premises, or that persons under the influence of intoxicating liquor are permitted to frequently be in or remain on the premises;
(2) Gambling in any form is permitted in or about the premises;
(3) The licensee conducts the place in a manner as to permit the same to become a public nuisance; and
(4) Fights, brawls, or other indecent and immoral practices are permitted therein to an extent as to break the public peace or disturb the good order of the community.
(B) In any of the foregoing cases the Council of the city shall revoke the license and give notice of the revocation to the holder.
(C) (1) For the purpose of enforcing these provisions for revocation the Council may act on its own initiative or on complaint of any resident. When the revocation is sought the City Clerk shall, at the request of the Council, give a written notice to the licensee personally, or by leaving the same with his or her agent or employee at his or her place of business, in which notice shall be stated the charge made against him or her for which revocation of his or her license is sought, the time and place at which he or she may appear to defend against the charges, which time shall be not sooner than three full days from the serving of the notice.
(2) For the hearing, the Council may subpoena witnesses in the same manner as witnesses are now subpoenaed in criminal cases in District Court. The hearing need not follow the strict legal requirement of court trials. If, after the investigation the Council is convinced that the charges have been sustained, it shall revoke the license. If the Council shall determine that the license shall be revoked, the City Clerk shall personally notify the licensee, or his or her agent or employee in charge of his or her place, in writing, and the license shall be revoked from and after midnight of the day.
(Ord. 70, passed 8-2-1928) Penalty, see § 118.999