A. The city manager shall have the right for cause to revoke or suspend any cardroom license issued under this chapter, and the chief of police shall have the right for cause to revoke or suspend any cardroom work permit issued under this chapter. Any of the grounds upon which the city manager and the chief of police may refuse to grant a cardroom license application or cardroom work permit application shall also constitute grounds for revocation or suspension. The failure of a cardroom licensee or cardroom work permit holder to comply with the provisions of this chapter constitutes grounds for revocation or suspension of the license or work permit. A violation of the conditional use permit shall also constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of the cardroom license.
B. Cardroom licensees shall continuously operate a cardroom while holding a valid cardroom license. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, if any person licensed under this chapter fails to maintain and continuously operate a cardroom for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or more in accordance with the provisions of this title, the license shall be deemed automatically revoked. A licensee may appeal any automatic revocation to the city council by filing a written notice of appeal with the city clerk not later than ten (10) days after the date of revocation in the manner set forth in Section 5.32.100(B) of this chapter. Upon failure to file a notice of appeal within the ten (10) day period, the automatic revocation shall be final and conclusive.
C. The ninety (90) day period in subsection B shall be tolled, up to an additional eighteen (18) months, under the following circumstances:
1. A complete application for license transfer under Section 5.32.170 is pending before the city manager;
2. A license transfer under Section 5.32.170 has been approved by the city manager and the applicant is awaiting a state gambling license;
3. A catastrophic event has caused the failure to continuously operate the cardroom. For purposes of this subsection, "catastrophic event" shall mean an event beyond the control of the licensee that destroys the cardroom, either partially or completely, by fire, flood, wind, earthquake or other calamity, or by the public enemy. (Ord. 2016-0022 § 2; Ord. 2016-0016 § 4; Ord. 2009-054 § 1;
Ord. 2006-068 § 1; Ord. 2006-067 § 1; prior code § 5.01.003-10)