§ 112.14 REVOCATION OF PERMIT.

   (A)   The City Manager shall revoke a permit of a permittee or an employee or independent contractor upon determining that:

      (1)   In the event the city believes that the application has been granted based upon false information, and a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the information contained in any application is in fact materially false, the permit may be revoked; or

      (2)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or on the premises; or

      (3)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed prostitution on the permitted premises; or

      (4)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor knowingly operated or worked in the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permit was suspended; or

      (5)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has been convicted of a specified criminal act for which the time period required in § 112.10 of this chapter has not elapsed; or

      (6)   On 3 or more occasions within a 12-month period, the City Manager has suspended an applicant's permit under this chapter; or

      (7)   On 2 or more occasions within a 12-month period, an individual or individuals committed an offense, occurring in or on the permitted premises, constituting a specified criminal act for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were employees of the sexually oriented business at the time the offenses were committed. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the permit; or

      (8)   A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any taxes or fees related to a sexually oriented business, or

      (9)   A permittee or an employee or independent contractor has knowingly allowed any sexual activity, as defined in R.C. § 2907.01, or any other specified sexual activities to occur in or on the permitted premises.

      (10)   A permittee has failed to comply with § 112.08(K) of this chapter on 3 or more occasions within a 12-month period.

   (B)   When the City Manager revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for 1 calendar year. No applicant shall be issued a sexually oriented business permit for any other location in the city during the 1-year period after the revocation became effective except in accordance with § 112.12(B) of this chapter.

   (C)   Appeal. The process set out in § 112.28 shall apply to revocations. The existing permit shall remain in effect until the appeal process in § 112.28 shall have been concluded.

(Ord. 34-02, passed 10-21-2002)