A. Council Authority: In the event of a conviction of any licensee under the provisions of this chapter, of any law of the state, or of the United States, or any ordinance of the city, regulating, governing or prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transportation or possession of alcoholic beverages or intoxicating liquors, or if the city council shall determine that any such licensee has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the regulations of the director of the Idaho state police, or of the city council promulgated under the authority of the laws of the state or ordinances of the city, the city council may, in its discretion, or in addition to any other penalty imposed, determine to revoke the license of any such licensee, to suspend the same for a period not in excess of six (6) months, or to refuse to grant a renewal of such license after the date of its expiration. (1991 Code § 5.04.100; amd. 2011 Code)
B. Notice; Determination:
1. When the city council shall make a determination to revoke, to suspend, or to refuse the grant of renewal of a license by reason of a licensee's conviction or violation of any law or regulation referred to in subsection A of this section, the city council shall give the licensee involved written notice thereof, which shall be served upon such licensee personally, or by certified mail addressed to such licensee at the premises for which license was issued. If the city council's determination is made upon the basis of the licensee's conviction, the notice shall refer to and identify the judgment of the conviction, and when made upon any other basis, the notice shall contain a statement of the acts with which the licensee is charged and upon which the city council's determination is based, which statement shall be in an ordinary and concise language so as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended, and in the case of a determination to suspend the license, the period of such suspension.
2. In cases where the city council has determined to revoke or suspend a license, revocation or suspension shall become effective fifteen (15) days after notice shall have been personally served on or mailed to such licensee, and the notice shall so state.
3. In cases where the city council has determined to refuse grant of renewal of a license, notice thereof shall be served or mailed not less than fifteen (15) days before the date the license shall expire. (1991 Code § 5.04.110)