(a) The City Planning and Zoning Officer shall suspend a license for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days if he determines that a licensee or an employee of a licensee has:
(1) Violated or is not in compliance with any provision of this Chapter.
(2) A business licensee fails to file with the City the certification required by this chapter hereof on the dates indicated, or files a false certification on the dates indicated.
(b) The City Planning and Zoning Officer shall revoke a license if a cause of suspension in Section 739.09(a)(1) occurs and the license has been suspended within the preceding twelve (12) months.
(c) The City Planning and Zoning Officer shall revoke a license if he determines that:
(1) A licensee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process;
(2) A licensee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(3) A licensee has knowingly allowed a prostitution on the premises;
(4) A licensee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the licensee’s license was suspended;
(5) A licensee knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or other sex act to occur in or on the licensed premises;
(6) A licensee is delinquent in payment to the City, County or State for any taxes or fees past due; or
(7) A licensee has failed to develop and follow and infectious control plan to protect employees and the public.
(d) When the City Planning and Zoning Officer revokes the license, the revocation shall continue for one (1) year, and the licensee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business license for one (1) year from the date the revocation became effective. If, however, subsequent to revocation, the City Planning and Zoning Officer finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant shall be granted a license if at least ninety (90) days have elapsed since the date the revocation became effective.
(Ord. 020219-15. Passed 2-20-02.)