(A) The Director shall revoke a license if a cause of suspension in § 113.24 of this code occurs and the license has been suspended within the proceeding 12 months.
(B) The Director shall revoke a license if he or she determines that:
(1) A licensee gave materially false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process;
(2) A licensee was convicted of a specified criminal activity on a charge that was pending prior to the issuance of the license;
(3) A licensee has, with knowledge, permitted the possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(4) A licensee has, with knowledge, permitted the sale, use or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises;
(5) A licensee has, with knowledge, permitted prostitution on the premises;
(6) A licensee has, with knowledge, operated the sexually-oriented business during a period of time when the licensee’s license was suspended;
(7) A licensee has, with knowledge, permitted any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or other sexual conduct to occur in or on the licensed premises;
(8) A licensee is delinquent in payment to the city or state for any taxes, fees, fines or penalties relating to the sexually-oriented business or the premises thereon;
(9) A licensee has, with knowledge, permitted a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in the establishment; or
(10) A licensee has attempted to sell his or her business license or has sold, assigned or transferred ownership or control of the sexually- oriented business to a non-licensee of the establishment; and/or
(11) A licensee has, with knowledge, permitted a person or persons to engage in specified sexual activities on the premises of the sexually-oriented business.
(D) When the Director revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year, and the licensee shall not be issued a license for one year from the date revocation became effective. A licensee may appeal the revocation of a license to the City Council in accordance with the procedure set forth in § 113.21(A) of this code. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the section, in the event the licensee appeals the revocation of a license, the status quo immediately prior to revocation shall be maintained throughout the pendency of the appeal up to and including judicial review on the merits as set forth in § 113.26 of this code. (See Nightclubs, Inc. v. City of Paducah, 2000 WL 122184 at 5 (6th Cir. 2000); 4805 Convoy, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 183 F 3d 1108, 1114 (9th Cir. 1999))
(Prior Code, § 10-908) (Ord. 751, passed 3-23-2004)