(a) If the Building Official and/or Howell City Police Chief determines that any licensee has committed a violation of this Chapter, the Building Official or Howell City Police Chief shall prepare a report in writing specifying (1) the specific factual details of such violation(s), and (2) the particular Code subsection(s) violated.
(b) The Building Official or Howell City Police Chief shall file the original report so prepared with the City Manager. The City Manager shall conduct an investigation of the facts contained in such report, and upon belief that such facts provide evidence of a violation of this Title, shall provide a copy to City Council, and serve a copy of such report upon the licensee or its authorized agent or employee personally or by registered mail.
(c) Within twenty (20) days from the date such report has been filed with the City Council, the City Clerk shall set a date for a hearing before council on the alleged violation(s) for a determination by City Council as to whether or not City Council shall suspend or revoke the license. Notice of the hearing shall be served by the City Clerk upon the licensee or its authorized agent or employee personally or by registered mail not less than seven (7) days before a scheduled hearing date, and such notice shall advise the licensee of its right to be represented by legal counsel at the hearing before the City Council.
(d) At all such hearings, the licensee shall have the legal right to defend against the allegations made by way of confronting any adverse witnesses, by being able to present witnesses in its own behalf, by being allowed to present arguments, personally or through legal counsel in its own behalf.
(e) The City Council shall prepare a written statement of its findings within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of all such hearings and shall serve such findings with the licensee either personally or by registered mail. If the City Council decided that the license shall be suspended or revoked, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the same to the licensing agent and shall not thereafter conduct, operate or carry on the business for which the license was granted unless and until the license is restored and a new license issued to him.