3-2-20: GROUNDS FOR DENIAL, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION:
The grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a business license shall include any one or more of the following:
   A.   The license or application therefor was procured or submitted by fraud or misrepresentation of fact;
   B.   The licensee/applicant has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or other applicable state, federal or local law, or has failed to meet the qualifications set forth in this chapter;
   C.   The licensee/applicant, or licensee's/applicant's employees or agents, have been convicted of a crime, or suffered civil judgment or consent decree which bears a direct relationship to the conduct of the business licensed pursuant to this chapter; provided that, such conviction, if for a felony is less than ten (10) years old, and if for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor is less than five (5) years old;
   D.   The licensee/applicant, or licensee's/applicant's employees or agents, have violated any law or ordinance relating to the regulation of the business licensed issued pursuant to this chapter, or any health or safety ordinance which bears a direct relationship to the conduct of the business licensed pursuant to this chapter;
   E.   The licensee/applicant has caused or permitted a public nuisance to exist;
   F.   The licensee/applicant has failed to pay a civil penalty or to comply with any lawful notice and order of the city administrator which bears a direct relationship to the conduct of the business licensed pursuant to this chapter;
   G.   The licensee's/applicant's continued conduct of the business will, for any other reason, result in a danger to the public health, safety or welfare;
   H.   The licensee is delinquent in the payment of taxes to the city that are due and owing for the licensed business, and has failed to pay, or enter into agreement with the city for payment of, such amounts due and owing within thirty (30) days of written notice of such delinquency; and
   I.   The licensee/applicant, or licensee's/applicant's employees or agents, have engaged in, have permitted or have acquiesced in unlawful drug activity on the business premises. For purposes of this section, the term "permitted" shall mean, in addition to its ordinary meaning, that licensee/applicant has actual or constructive knowledge of the circumstances which would foreseeably lead to the unlawful drug activity. "Unlawful drug activity" means manufacturing, delivering, selling, storing, or giving away any controlled substance, as defined in the Washington uniform controlled substances act 1 or the federal controlled substances act (21 USC section 801 et seq.), in violation of state, federal or local law. (Ord. 939, 4-30-2014)

 

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1. RCW ch. 69.50.