(A) Generally.
(1) The Council may either suspend for up to 60 days or revoke any license or impose a civil fine not to exceed $2,000 for each violation upon a finding that the licensee or an agent or employee of the licensee has failed to comply with any applicable statute, regulation, code provision or ordinance relating to this chapter. No suspension or revocation shall take effect until the licensee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to M.S. §§ 14.57 through 14.69, as they may be amended from time to time, with the exception of the suspension provided for in division (A)(2) below.
(2) Any conviction by the licensee for theft, burglary, robbery, receiving stolen property or any other crime or violation involving stolen property shall result in the immediate suspension pending a hearing on revocation of any license issued hereunder.
(B) Delinquent taxes.
(1) The City Council may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for operation on any premises on which real estate taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the city or of the state are due, delinquent or unpaid.
(2) If an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of M.S. Ch. 278, as it may be amended from time to time, questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the Council may on application by the licensee waive strict compliance with this provision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes, or any portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after becoming due unless such one year period is extended through no fault of the licensee.
(Prior Code, § 112.21) (Ord. 583, passed 11-6-1996)