(A) The Chief of Police may revoke a license if a cause of suspension in § 115.24 occurs within 12 months from the license being suspended for any cause.
(B) The Chief of Police shall revoke a license if the Chief of Police determines that:
(1) A licensee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted to the Chief of Police 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 prostitution on the premises;
(4) A licensee or an employee has knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the licensee's license was suspended;
(5) A licensee is convicted of an offense listed in § 115.21(A)(8);
(6) On two or more occasions within a 12-month period, a person or persons committed an offense occurring in or on the licensed premises of a crime listed in § 115.21(A)(8), for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were employees of the sexually oriented business at the time the offenses were committed;
(7) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or sexual contact to occur in or on the licensed premises. The term SEXUAL CONTACT shall have the same meaning as in Tex. Penal Code, § 21.01; or
(8) A licensee is delinquent in payment to the city for hotel occupancy taxes, ad valorem taxes or sales taxes related to the sexually oriented business.
(C) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the license.
(D) Division (B)(7) of this section does not apply to adult motels as a ground for revoking the license unless the licensee or employee knowingly allowed the act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or sexual contact to occur in a public place or within public view or unless the licensee or employee knowingly allows the use of the motel for prostitution purposes.
(Ord. 310, passed 3-11-2010)