Any license issued by the city may, with notice to the holder thereof, and after a hearing as herein provided, be revoked or suspended by the City Council for the following reasons:
(A) If any person or business properly licensed in the city is convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor for which a jail sentence may be imposed, any other crime in which moral turpitude is involved, or any other crime which directly relates to the business, occupation or profession for which a license was issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter. However, in making the decision to revoke or suspend the license, the City Council shall consider:
(1) The nature of the seriousness of the crime for which a person was convicted;
(2) The relationship of the crime to the purposes of regulating the business, occupation or profession for which the license was issued;
(3) The relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity and fitness required to perform the duties and to discharge the responsibilities of the operation of the business, occupation or profession for which the license is issued; and
(4) The extent to which the person may have been successfully rehabilitated.
(B) If there shall occur in, on, or at the premises covered by the license, anything which constitutes a nuisance or is obnoxious to the morals and general welfare of the public; or
(C) If any person is disorderly in, on or at the premises covered by the license and disturbs the good order of the community or the license holder suffers or permits any disorderly conduct, in, on or at the licensed premises; or if the holder of the license shall misrepresent any material facts as to the kind of business in his or her return or any other fact necessary or proper to determine the amount of license tax to be paid.
(D) When the Mayor has probable cause to believe that a license should be revoked for any of the causes enumerated herein, it shall be his or her duty to prefer charges against the holder of the license with the City Clerk/Treasurer. The charges shall be in writing and each charge shall be clearly set out. Within 14 calendar days after the filing of the charges, the time of the hearing thereon shall be mailed to the licensee at the address shown on the license and a hearing before the City Council shall be held within 30 days after the filing of the charges with the Council. The evidence shall be transcribed and the action and the decision of the council on the charges shall be reduced to writing and recorded in the minutes book.
(1992 Code, § 121.01) (Ord. 12-2004, passed 12-21-2004)