870.15 REVOCATION OF PERMIT.

   (a)   The City Manager shall revoke a permit of a permittee or an employee or independent contractor upon determining that:

      (1)   The application has been granted based upon false information; or

      (2)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or on the premises; or

      (3)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed prostitution on the permitted premises; or

      (4)   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

      (5)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has been convicted of a specified criminal act for which the time period required in Section 870.10 has not elapsed; or

      (6)   On three or more occasions within a 12-month period, the City Manager has suspended an applicant's permit under this chapter; or

      (7)   On two or more occasions within a 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 of the permit; or

      (8)   A permittee is convicted cr tax violations for any taxes or fees related to a sexually oriented business; or

      (9)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed any sexual activity, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2907.01, or any other specified sexual activities to occur in or on the permitted premises; or

      (10)   A permittee has failed to comply with Section 870.08(k) on three or more occasions within a 12-month period.

   (b)   When the City Manager revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one calendar year. No applicant shall be issued a sexually oriented business permit for any other location in the City during the one-year period after the revocation became effective, except in accordance with Section 870.13(b).

   (c)   Appeal. The process set out in Section 870.29 shall apply to revocations. The existing permit shall remain in effect until the appeal process in Section 870.29 shall have been concluded.

(Ord. 04-45. Passed 9-7-04.)