(A) (1) The Village Manager may suspend or revoke for cause any registration or permit issued by the village in the manner herein provided.
(2) The term CAUSE, as used in this section, shall include omitting to perform any act required by this chapter or the doing or omitting of any act or permitting any condition to exist in connection with any trade, profession, business, or privilege, for which a registration or permit is issued under the provisions of this chapter, or any premises or facilities used in connection therewith, which act, omission, or condition is contrary to the health, morals, safety, or welfare of the public, is unlawful or fraudulent, is unauthorized or beyond the scope of the registration or permit granted, or is forbidden by the provisions of this chapter or any duly established rule or regulation of the village applicable to the trade, profession, business, or privilege for which the registration or permit has been granted. The term CAUSE as used in this section shall also include the arrest and conviction of the registered owner or permittee for any crime involving moral turpitude.
(B) Where the Village Manager shall determine that in the interests of the public health, morals, safety, or welfare an immediate suspension is necessary, he or she shall order the same. In such cases, the Village Manager shall forthwith send a notice to the registered owner or permittee by registered mail to his or her last known address, which notice shall contain a statement of the charge against the registered owner or permittee and a definite time and place for a hearing of the charge and shall order the registered owner or permittee to show why his or her registration or permit should not be suspended for an additional period of time or revoked. Hearings shall be conducted as set forth in division (C)(2) below.
(C) Whenever the Village Manager shall have evidence to warrant the suspension or revocation of a registration or permit, he or she shall send a notice to the registered owner or permittee by registered mail to his or her last known address, which notice shall contain a statement of the charge against the registered owner or permittee and a definite time and place for a hearing of the charge, and shall order the registered owner or permittee to show why his or her registration or permit should not be suspended or revoked.
(D) The Village Council shall conduct a hearing not less than five days after the mailing of the above notice, at which time and place the registered owner or permittee shall have an opportunity to present a defense to the charge and to cross-examine any witnesses and examine all evidence produced against him or her. The decision of the Village Council shall be final and conclusive.
(E) No fee for any registration or permit which has been suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be refunded.
(1984 Code, § 8-14-023)