(A) The Mayor or his/her designee shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension in § 112.27 of this chapter occurs and the permit has been suspended for any reason within the preceding 12 months.
(B) The Mayor or his/her designee, shall revoke a permit upon determining that:
(1) A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process, and the false or misleading information was intended to enhance the applicant's opportunity for obtaining a permit; or
(2) A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or on the premises; or
(3) A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises; or
(4) A permittee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee's permit was suspended; or
(5) A permittee has been convicted of a criminal offense identified in § 112.23(C)(1)(j); or
(6) On two or more occasions within a 12 month period, a person or persons committed a criminal offense, in or on the permitted premises, 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. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the permit; or
(7) A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any taxes or fees related to a sexually oriented business; or
(8) A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or any other specified sexual activities to occur in or on the permitted premises; or
(9) A permittee has been operating more than one sexually oriented business under a single roof, without proper permit, within the territorial or zoning jurisdiction of the city.
(C) When the Mayor or his/her designee, 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 revocation became effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the Mayor or his/her designee finds that the basis for revocation under this section of this chapter has been corrected, the applicant shall be granted a permit if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date revocation became effective.
(Ord. 1998-12, passed 10-6-98; Am. Ord. 2009-3, passed 4-21-09)