(A) A permit may be suspended or revoked for violation of any provision of this chapter, any restriction of the permit, or any requirement of the security posted for the permit.
(B) Subject to division (E) below, the permittee shall be given ten-days’ notice of the proposed suspension or revocation.
(C) The permit may be suspended or revoked by the City Council following a hearing noticed for that purpose. The hearing may be held at a regular meeting of the City Council.
(D) A permit suspension may impose specific requirements for a permittee to meet before the permit may be reinstated. The suspension shall provide whether it may be reinstated only by further council action, or whether the oil and gas official or mining official, as applicable, will be authorized to reinstate the permit.
(E) The oil and gas official or the mining official, as applicable, may issue an emergency suspension of a permit if necessary to protect public health or safety. The emergency suspension will last only until the City Council meets to consider a full suspension or revocation.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006)