(a) The Director may at any time revoke or suspend any license granted under the authority of this chapter for failure to comply with the terms of this chapter or any law or ordinance applicable to the business so licensed.
(b) The Director shall revoke any license granted under the authority of this chapter if the licensee has been convicted of receiving stolen property.
(c) In case of the refusal to issue or renew a license by the Director or the revocation or suspension of a license by the Director, the applicant or licensee may appeal to a review board consisting of the president of Council, the chairperson of the Public Safety Committee of Council or its longest-serving member if the chairperson is the president of Council, and the Director of Law. Notice of appeal shall be in writing, with the reasons for the appeal specified therein, and shall be filed with the Director within 10 days from the date of the Director's action. Within 10 days after the filing of such notice, the board shall proceed to hear such appeal, at which hearing all parties interested shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard. The board shall render a decision within 10 days of the conclusion of the hearing. The board may sustain, reverse, or modify the action of the Director.
(d) In the absence of conditions posing an imminent threat to health, safety or property, as determined by the Director of Law, or unless a license has been revoked by the Director because the licensee has been convicted of receiving stolen property as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a licensee who is lawfully operating but whose license is subject to revocation or suspension, or whose license the Director has refused to renew, may continue operating during the pendency of an appeal under this section.
(Ord. 34-14. Passed 11-3-2014.)