(A) The City Manager shall temporarily suspend any cardroom license issued hereunder if:
(1) Any person who has any interest in the business has been previously convicted of a felony;
(2) Any person who has any interest in the business has been convicted of five misdemeanors, except minor traffic offenses;
(3) Any person who has any interest in the business has been convicted of or forfeited bail for any crime involving gambling;
(4) Any person who has any interest in the business has been directly or indirectly involved in a forfeiture proceeding regarding a gambling device, as defined in the state statutes, where the gambling device has been ordered destroyed or a bond has been forfeited in lieu of the gambling device being destroyed;
(5) Any false or misleading information is supplied in the application;
(6) Any person who has any interest in the business has had a license which was in his or her name revoked or suspended three times by the State Liquor Control Commission;
(7) Any person who has any interest in the business or any employee who violates any section of this subchapter; or
(8) Any other conduct involving moral turpitude on the part of any person who has any interest in the business.
(B) Action in this respect shall be subject to the right of appeal to the City Council meeting in regular Council session. Notice of the appeal shall be filed with the City Recorder within ten days or the action shall be deemed final and conclusive. A temporary suspension shall be 30 days.
(C) Permanent revocation may be made only by the City Council, and the revocation shall only take place at a City Council meeting in regular City Council session upon application of the City Manager and only after the licensee has been served with notice at least 20 days prior to the City Council meeting. The notice shall include the time and date of the City Council meeting and the grounds upon which the permanent revocation is sought. Notice shall be deemed to have been received by the licensee if the City Manager mails the notice to the address listed by the licensee on his or her application for a license.
(Prior Code, § 111.025) (Ord. 855, passed 1-3-1977; Ord. 1027, passed 1-17-1983)