(a) Grounds for Revocation. The Entertainment Commission may revoke any permit issued under this Article if it determines after a public hearing that any of the following conditions exist:
(1) The Permittee has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of material fact or has knowingly omitted a material fact in the application for a permit.
(2) The Permittee has failed to pay any fee or charge required under this Article.
(3) The Permittee has failed to surrender the permit as required by Section 1060.24(b).
(4) One or more of the grounds for suspension enumerated in Section 1060.20.1(a) applies, and considerations of public safety warrant revocation of the permit. For purposes of this provision, "considerations of public safety" means a substantial risk of physical harm or injury to individuals. In determining whether considerations of public safety warrant revocation, the Commission shall evaluate the likelihood and seriousness of the threat to public safety that continued operation of the Business under the permit presents. In making its determination, the Commission shall consider the following factors: (i) the history of violence and other public safety problems associated with the operation of the Business; (ii) a pattern of the Permittee's noncompliance with Security Plan requirements imposed by law or as a condition of the permit; (iii) the frequency of the Permittee's violations of other provisions of law or permit conditions, which violations have contributed to violence or other public safety problems associated with the operation of the Business; (iv) the degree to which the Permittee's action or inaction has been responsible for violence and other public safety problems associated with the operation of the Business; and (v) the degree to which the City, through the Entertainment Commission, Director, Police Department, or otherwise, has notified the Permittee of violence or other public safety problems associated with the operation of the Business and/or of the need to take action to reduce such problems, and the promptness and efficacy of the Permittee's responses.
(5) One or more of the grounds for suspension enumerated in Section 1060.20.1(a) applies, and revocation is warranted because the problems that those grounds have created have been serious and continuing, and the action or inaction of the Permittee contributing to those problems has been persistent; provided, that the circumstances warranting revocation under this provision would constitute a public nuisance within the meaning of Section 3480 of the California Civil Code.
(b) Hearing by Commission. The Entertainment Commission shall give the Permittee and the Manager written notice of a hearing to determine whether to revoke a permit. The notice shall set forth the grounds for the proposed revocation and the date, time and location of the hearing.
(c) Application for Permit After Revocation. The revocation of a permit under this Article shall not preclude the Permittee from applying for a new permit under this Article, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not limited to Sections 1060.5(f) and 1060.5.1(f), revocation under Section 1060.20.4(a)(4) or Section 1060.20.4(a)(5) shall render the Permittee ineligible to apply for a new permit under this Article for one year from the date of revocation.
(d) When considering whether to revoke a permit under this Article, the Commission and the Director shall consider any previous denial of a permit application or previous suspension or revocation of a permit, under this Article or Article 15.2, for the same permit applicant or Permittee when the circumstances warranting the previous action are relevant to the current determination.
(Added by Ord. 239-09, File No. 080323, App. 11/20/2009; amended by Ord. 217-10, File No. 100674, App. 8/9/2010; Ord. 172-11, File No. 110506, App. 9/12/2011, Eff. 10/12/2011)