§ 157.233 REVOCATION OF PERMIT.
   (A)   The Zoning Administrator or his or her designee shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension in § 157.232 occurs and the permit has been previously suspended within the preceding 12 months.
   (B)   The Zoning Administrator 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; or
      (2)   A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or 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 in § 157.228 has not elapsed; or
      (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 finding of guilty 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 finding of guilty is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the permit; or
      (7)   A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any taxes or fees related to a sexually oriented business; 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; or
      (9)   A permittee has been operating more than one sexually oriented business under a single roof.
   (C)   When the Zoning Administrator 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.
   (D)   Twenty-four hours before the commencement of any revocation, the Peotone Police Department shall post on all entrances to the licensed premises a placard entitled "Notice of Closure". The title shall be in letters not less than one inch high. The notice shall state the exact time at which the revocation goes into effect. Additionally, the notice of closure shall state the section number of the village Code or state law which has been violated along with the telephone number of the appropriate village department that may be called for additional information. The removal of said notice of closure by any person less than seven days after posting of a revocation notice is prohibited and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $750. Each removal shall be considered a separate and distinct offense. Further, each day of a removed notice of revocation remains removed prior to seven days after posting shall be considered as a separate offense.
(Ord. 04-20, passed 9-7-04)