(A) The City Clerk shall issue a written statement of intent to revoke a sexually-oriented business license if a cause of suspension in § 118.025 occurs and the license has been suspended within the preceding 12 months.
(B) The City Clerk shall issue a written statement of intent to revoke a sexually-oriented business license if the Clerk determines that:
(1) A licensee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process;
(2) A licensee knew or should have known that the possession, use or sale of controlled substances occurred on the premises;
(3) A licensee knew or should have known that prostitution occurred on the premises;
(4) A licensee knew or should have known that the operation of the sexually-oriented business occurred during a period of time when the licensee’s license was suspended;
(5) A licensee knew or should have known that acts of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or other sex acts occurred in or on the licensed premises. This division (B)(5) will not apply to an adult motel, unless the licensee knew or should have known that sexual activity occurred either:
(a) In exchange for money; or
(b) In a public place or within public view.
(C) The fact that an action is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the license.
(D) When, after the notice and hearing procedure described in § 118.027, the City Clerk revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one year from the date revocation becomes effective.
(Ord. 50-2006, passed 11-6-2006)