(a) The Mayor shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension in Section 795.15 of this chapter occurs and the permit has been suspended within the preceding 12 months.
(b) The Mayor 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 adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club 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 Section 795.11 of this chapter 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 conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were employees of the adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club 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; or
(7) A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any taxes or fees related to adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club; 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 adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club under a single roof except as provided in Section 795.03(b).
(c) When the Mayor revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one year and the permittee shall not be issued an adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club permit for one year from the date revocation became effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the Mayor finds that the basis for revocation under Section 795.16 of this chapter has been corrected, the applicant shall be granted a permit if at least 90 days have elapsed since the date revocation became effective. If the permit was revoked under Section 795.16 of this chapter, an applicant may not be granted another permit until the number of years required under Section 795.16 have elapsed.
(d) Permittee agrees to pay the city $1000.00 for each day permittee operates businesses or club under a revoked permit.
(Ord. 116-99. Passed 9-20-99)