(A) (1) The City Manager may suspend or revoke for cause any license or permit issued by the city in the manner herein provided.
(2) The term CAUSE, as used in this section, shall include: omitting to perform any act required by this code or the doing or omitting of any act or permitting any condition to exist in connection with any trade, profession, business or privilege, for which a license or permit is issued under the provisions of this code, or any premises or facilities used in connection therewith, which act, omission or condition is contrary to the health, morals, safety or welfare of the public, is unlawful or fraudulent, is unauthorized or beyond the scope of the license or permit granted, or is forbidden by the provisions of this code or any duly established rule or regulation of the city applicable to the trade, profession, business or privilege for which the license or permit has been granted. The term cause as used in this section shall also include the arrest and conviction of the licensee or permittee for any crime involving moral turpitude.
(Prior Code, § 14-24)
(B) Where the City Manager shall determine that in the interests of the public health, morals, safety or welfare an immediate suspension is necessary, they shall order the same. In such cases, the City Manager shall forthwith send a notice to the licensee or permittee by registered mail to their last known address, which notice shall contain a statement of the charge against the licensee or permittee and a definite time and place for a hearing of the charge and shall order the licensee or permittee to show why their license or permit should not be suspended for an additional period of time or revoked. Hearings shall be conducted as set forth in division (C)(2) below.
(Prior Code, § 14-25)
(C) (1) Whenever the City Manager shall have evidence to warrant the suspension or revocation of a license or permit, he or she shall send a notice to the licensee or permittee by registered mail to their last known address, which notice shall contain a statement of the charge against the licensee or permittee and a definite time and place for a hearing of the charge, and shall order the licensee or permittee to show why their license or permit should not be suspended or revoked.
(2) The City Commission shall conduct a hearing not less than 5 days after the mailing of the above notice, at which time and place the licensee or permittee shall have an opportunity to present a defense to the charge and to cross-examine any witnesses and examine all evidence produced against them. The decision of the City Commission shall be final and conclusive.
(3) No fee for any license or permit which has been suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be refunded.
(Prior Code, § 14-26) (Ord. passed 5-20-1976; Am. Ord. 22-004, passed 10-20-2022)