§ 111.10 REVOCATION.

   (A)   Following written notice to the licensee and an opportunity to be heard, the City Administrator may revoke a license if:

      (1)   A cause for suspension of the license occurs, and

      (2)   The license has been suspended within the preceding 12 months.

   (B)   The City Administrator may revoke a license if the City Administrator determines that:

      (1)   A licensee gave false or misleading information to the city during the application process;

      (2)   A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises;

      (3)   A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed any other unlawful activity on the premises;

      (4)   A licensee has been convicted of an offense listed in § 111.07(B)(10)(a) for which the time period required in § 111.07(B)(10)(b) has not elapsed;

      (5)   On 2 or more occasions within a 12-month period, a person or persons committed on the licensed premises a crime listed in § 111.07(B)(10)(a) for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were employees of the arcade business at the time the offenses were committed;

      (6)   A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or sexual contact as defined in Minn. Stat. § 609.341, Subd. 11(b), to occur in or on the licensed premises; or

      (7)   A licensee is delinquent in payment of ad valorem taxes, local lodging tax, or other taxes or fees related to the arcade business.

   (C)   The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no affect on the revocation of the license.

   (D)   When the City Administrator revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year; and the licensee shall not be issued an amusement arcade license for one year from the date revocation became effective; provided, that if subsequent to revocation the City Administrator finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a license if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date the revocation became effective. If the license was revoked under division (B) of this section, an applicant may not be granted another license until the appropriate number of years required under subsection § 111.07(B)(10)(b) have elapsed.

(Ord. 141, 5th Series, passed 9-20-2005)