(A) The City Clerk/Treasurer or his or her designee shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension in § 120.09 of this chapter occurs and the permit has been suspended within the preceding 12 months.
(B) The City Clerk/Treasurer or his or her designee, shall revoke a permit upon determining that:
(1) A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process that tended to enhance the applicant's opportunity for obtaining a permit;
(2) A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or on the premises;
(3) A permittee or an employee has knowingly, allowed prostitution on the premises;
(4) A permittee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee's permit was suspended;
(5) A permittee has been convicted of a "specified criminal act" for which the time period required in § 120.05 of this chapter has not elapsed;
(6) On two or more occasions within a 12 month 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;
(7) A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any taxes or fees related to a sexually oriented business;
(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) A permittee has been operating more than one sexually oriented business under a single roof; or
(10) A permittee has engaged in or attempted to engage in a transfer of permit in violation of § 120.12 of this chapter.
(C) When the City Clerk/Treasurer or his or her designee, 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 Clerk/Treasurer or his or her designee finds that the basis for revocation under § 120.10 of this chapter has been corrected, the applicant shall be granted a permit if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date revocation became effective. If the permit was revoked under § 120.10 of this chapter, an applicant may not be granted another permit until the number of years required under § 120.10 have elapsed.
(Ord. 58-9-04, passed 9-28-04) Penalty, see § 120.99