(A) The license may be revoked, suspended, or not renewed by the City Council upon recommendation of the city staff by showing that the licensee, its owners, managers, employees, agents, or any other interested parties have engaged in any of the following conduct:
(1) Fraud, deception, or misrepresentation in connection with the securing of the license;
(2) Habitual drunkenness or intemperance in the use of drugs, including but not limited to the use of drugs defined in M.S. § 618.01, as it may be amended from time to time, barbiturates, hallucinogenic drugs, amphetamines, benzedrine, dexedrine or other sedatives, depressants, stimulants, or tranquilizers;
(3) Engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude or permitting or allowing others within their employ or agency to engage in conduct involving moral turpitude, or failing to prevent agents, officers, or employees from engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude;
(4) Failure to fully comply with any requirements of the ordinances of the city regarding sanitary and safety conditions, zoning requirements, Building Code requirements or ordinances, the violation of which involves moral turpitude, or failure to comply fully with any requirements of this chapter; or
(5) Conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude.
(B) The certificate holder may appeal the suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal to the City Council. The Council shall consider the appeal at a regularly scheduled public hearing on or after 10 days from service of the notice of appeal to the City Administrator. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Council may order:
(1) That the revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal be affirmed;
(2) That the revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal be lifted and that the certificate be returned to the certificate holder; or
(3) The City Council may base either suspension or issuance of the certificate upon any additional terms, conditions, and stipulations which it may, in its sole discretion, impose.
(Ord. 7510, passed 6-19-2007)