(a) The Director may revoke or suspend any license issued under this Division if the Director finds that the owner or operator of any hotel is in violation of any provision of this Article. Any such revocation or suspension must be by written order directed to the owner or operator of the hotel under the procedures of subsection 54-21(c). Any such notice of revocation or suspension must require the holder of the license to appear before the Director and show cause why the license should not be revoked or suspended.
(b) The Director may revoke or suspend any license issued under this Division if the Director finds that the hotel is disruptive to the general peaceful enjoyment, dangerous to the health and safety, of the community or is a nuisance because of noise or indecent or immoral activity by any guest, owner, operator or employee. The Director may also revoke or suspend any license issued under this Chapter if the owner or operator of the hotel has, while operating the hotel, been convicted of violating:
(1) the provisions of the Criminal Law Article of the Maryland Code as listed in Section 54-20; or
(2) the drunkenness and disorderly conduct provisions of Section 10-201 of the Criminal Law Article of the Maryland Code while on the licensed premises.
Revocation or suspension of a license under this subsection must follow the procedures in Section 54-21(b). (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 90-25; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 49, § 1; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27,
§1; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1
; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 33, §1.)