(a) Every license issued under this chapter shall be issued on the express condition that such license shall be suspended or revoked in the event of failure or refusal of the part of the licensee to comply with this chapter, which suspension or revocation shall be made as provided in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) No license shall be revoked except for cause upon proof of charges, filed with the City Clerk or his or her authorized representative, by a person in any of the departments of the City authorized to enforce this chapter or to approve the issuance of a license, specifying with reasonable detail any of the following facts, which facts are hereby declared to be grounds for suspending a license issued under this chapter:
(1) That the licensee made one or more fraudulent statements or misrepresentations or concealed material information in the application for the license;
(2) That such licensee has violated or permitted a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter which injuriously affects the public health, safety, morals or welfare;
(3) That any of the provisions of this chapter has been violated in connection with operation for which the licensee was responsible and of which the licensee was aware or, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have been aware;
(4) That the licensee has been convicted of any crime which was perpetrated on or in connection with the licensed vehicle or premises; or
(5) That the licensee has carried on or permitted to be carried on any unlawful or illegal act on or in connection with such licensed vehicle.
(c) Upon the filing of such charges, the person making such charges shall notify the City Clerk and the City Clerk shall suspend the license involved and shall give to such licensee a notice of such suspension together with a copy of the charges specifying the facts on which the suspension was made. The notice shall either be by personal service upon the licensee or by first class mail to the licensee's address on the application.
(Ord. 231. Passed 12-6-65; Ord. 748. Passed 10-20-03; Ord. 796. Passed 3-26-07.)