§ 115.15 REVOCATION OF PERMIT.

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

      (1)   In the event the city believes that the application has been granted based upon false information, and a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the information contained in any application is in fact materially false, the permit may be revoked;

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

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

      (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;

      (5)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has been convicted of a "specified criminal act" for which the time period required in § 115.10 of this chapter has not elapsed;

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

      (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;

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

      (9)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed any "sexual activity," as defined in 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 § 115.08(J) 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 § 115.13(B).

   (C)   The process set out in § 115.31 shall apply to revocations. The existing permit shall remain in effect until the appeal process in § 115.31 shall have been concluded.

(Ord. 9-03, passed 6-2-03)