(a) A permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be revoked or suspended by the City Clerk for any of the following reasons, which revocation or suspension may be appealed to the City Council:
(1) Any fraud, misrepresentation, or false statement made in connection with, or in the application for license;
(2) Any violation of this or other ordinance of the City;
(3) Any conviction of the licensee for any felony or misdemeanor involving theft or dishonesty;
(4) Conducting any operation in an unlawful manner, or in such a manner as to constitute breach of the peace or constitute a menace to health, safety or welfare of the public; and/or
(5) Suspension/revocation of permit.
(b) The permit of any person or persons soliciting in violation of this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the City Council after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard.
(1) The City Council may suspend any permit on an emergency basis without hearing when the Council specifies, in a notice of emergency suspension, the reasons and grounds indicating the violation of this chapter which constitutes the emergency.
(2) The notice of emergency suspension shall set forth that within 48 hours, at a designated time and place, a hearing shall be held on whether the permit shall be permanently suspended or revoked.
(3) The solicitor may show compliance with the requirements of this chapter and shall have the burden of producing the evidence.
(Ord. 734. Passed 11-7-01.)