5.16.090 Revocation of permit.
   A.   The city manager shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension and the permit has been suspended within the preceding twelve (12) months.
   B.   The city manager shall revoke a permit upon determining that:
      1.   A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process; or
      2.   A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances 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 “specified criminal act” for which the time period required of this chapter has not elapsed; or
      6.   On two or more occasions within a twelvemonth period, a person or persons 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 of the permit; or
      7.   A permittee is delinquent in payment to the city or state for any taxes or fees past due; 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.
      9.   The permittee shall have the right to appeal any intended denial, suspension or revocation of the permit pursuant to Sections 2.28.010 through 2.28.040 of this code. All administrative actions shall be stayed pending the completion of the hearing process.
   C.   When the city manager 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 city or its designee finds that the basis for revocation has been corrected, the applicant shall be granted a permit if at least ninety (90) days have elapsed since the date revocation became effective.
(Ord. 29 § 1 (part), 1991: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 5.10.090)