The City Manager, or person designated by the City Manager, shall revoke a permit of a permittee or an employee or independent contractor upon determining that:
(a) In the event the City believes, or has reason to believe, that the application has been granted based upon false information, and a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the information contained in any application is in fact materially false, the permit may be revoked; or
(b) A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or on the premises; or
(c) A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed prostitution on the permitted premises; or
(d) A permittee or an employee or independent contractor knowingly operated or worked in the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permit was suspended; or
(e) A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has been convicted of a “specified criminal act” for which the time period required in Section 734.04 has not elapsed; or
(f) On three (3) or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period, the City Manager, or person designated by the City, has suspended an applicant’s permit under this chapter; or
(g) On two (2) or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period, an individual or individuals committed an offense, occurring in or on the permitted premises, constituting a specified criminal act 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.
(h) A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any taxes or fees related to a sexually oriented business, or
(i) A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed “sexual activity” as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.01, or any other specified sexual activities to occur in or on the permitted premises.
(j) A permittee has failed to comply with Section 734.04 on three (3) or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period.
(k) When the City Manager, or person designated by the City, revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one (1) calendar year. No applicant shall be issued a sexually oriented business permit for any other location in the City during the one (1) year period after the revocation became effective in accordance with Section 734.09.
(l) Appeal Process:
A. There shall be an appeal process available that shall apply to revocations.
B. The existing permit shall remain in effect until the appeal process in Section 734.28 is concluded.
(Ord. 1543-04. Passed 8-26-04.)