(A) Any license issued to an owner or operator of a massage establishment or any permit issued to a masseur or a masseuse may be revoked or may be suspended for any length of time during the remaining period of validity of the license or permit for any one or more of the following reasons: for any violation by the licensee or permittee of the ordinance provisions relating to the license or permit, the subject matter of the license or permit or to the premises occupied by the massage establishment.
(B) No license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked or suspended without first giving the licensee or permittee notice of such action and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the provisions of this code.
(C) Before any license or permit is revoked or suspended, at least five days' written advance notice shall be given to the licensee or permittee by certified mail, return receipt requested. In the case of a revocation or suspension of a massage establishment license, notice shall be sent to the licensee at the business address indicated on the licensee’s application for a massage establishment license. In the case of a revocation or suspension of a masseur or a masseuse permit, notice shall be sent to the masseur or masseuse at the residence address indicated in the application for the permit. The notice shall set forth the date, time and place of the hearing and shall state the facts which constitute the reasons for the hearing on the revocation or suspension of the license or permit.
(D) It shall be the duty of all licensees and permittees to inform the City Clerk of any changes in address which are needed to inform them of any hearing conducted pursuant to this section. All changes in address shall be reported to the City Clerk within ten days of any such change. Failure by any licensee or permittee to inform the City Clerk of any change in address required pursuant to this section shall not prevent or preclude the bringing of any action or the holding of any hearing pursuant to this section for a revocation or suspension of the license or permit.
(Ord. 77-36, passed 9-12-77)