(a) The City shall revoke a permit to operate a sexually oriented business if a cause of suspension, as set forth in Section 840.10, occurs and the permit has been suspended within the preceding twelve months.
(b) The City shall revoke a permit if it is determined that:
(2) A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted to the City during the application process;
(3) A permittee or an employee of a permittee has knowingly allowed the possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(4) A permittee or an employee of a permittee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises;
(5) A permittee or an employee of a permittee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee's permit was suspended;
(6) A permittee or an employee of a permittee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, touching of employees by patrons or other explicit sexual conduct to occur in or on the permitted premises; or
(7) A permittee is delinquent in payment to the City or State of any taxes or fees relating to the involved sexually oriented businesses.
(c) When the City of Johnstown revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one year and the permittee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business permit for one year from the date the revocation became effective, except that if the revocation is pursuant to Section 840.06(a)(8), the revocation shall be effective for two years in the event of a misdemeanor, or five years in the case of a felony.
(d) After the denial of an application, the denial of a renewal of an application, or suspension or revocation of a permit, the applicant, licensee or permittee shall have the right to appeal said action and to seek prompt judicial review of such administrative action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 4818. Passed 1-27-99.)