(A) The Town Clerk shall issue a notice and order or revocation, revoking a license issued pursuant to this chapter if any of the following occur:
(1) A cause of license suspension occurs and the license has been suspended within the proceeding 12 months;
(2) A licensee knowingly or intentionally gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process;
(3) A licensee, or a person with whom the licensee resides, is convicted of a specified criminal activity on a charge that was pending prior to the issuance of the license;
(4) A licensee, subsequent to licensing, is convicted of a specified criminal activity;
(5) A licensee knowingly or intentionally permitted the possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(6) A licensee knowingly or intentionally permitted the sale, use or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises;
(7) A licensee knowingly or intentionally permitted prostitution on the premises;
(8) A licensee knowingly or intentionally operated the sexually-oriented business during a period of time when the licensee’s license was suspended;
(9) A licensee knowingly or intentionally permitted any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or other sexual conduct to occur in or on the licensed premises;
(10) A licensee knowingly or intentionally is delinquent in payment to the town, county or state for any taxes or fees;
(11) A licensee knowingly or intentionally permitted a person under 18 years of age to enter the establishment;
(12) A licensee knowingly or intentionally attempted to sell his or her business license, or has sold, assigned or transferred ownership or control of the sexually-oriented business to a non-licensee; or
(13) A licensee knowingly or intentionally permitted a person or persons to engage in specified sexual activities on the premises of the sexually-oriented business.
(B) When the Town Clerk revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year, and the licensee shall not be issued a sexually-oriented business license for one year from the date revocation became effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the town determines that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant shall be granted a license if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date the revocation became effective.
(C) The notice and order of revocation shall become effective within ten days after issuance unless the licensee appeals the suspension of a license.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-11)