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(a) A licensee shall conduct business only at the address shown on the license. Each additional place of business shall require a separate license.
(b) All licenses issued under this article shall be nontransferable as to licensee; however, the director of finance, upon receipt of a transfer fee of ten dollars ($10.00), shall authorize the transfer of a license from one (1) location to another, provided the licensee remains the same and the new location meets the requirements of this article.
(c) The police department, fire department, development services center, planning department, state or county health departments, the director of finance or authorized representative, or any peace officer may enter and inspect the licensed premises at any time the premises are occupied or open for business.
(d) The licensee shall post a copy of the license and a copy of the occupant load card at a clearly visible location at each entrance to the premises during all hours of operation.
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 6, 1-14-02)
The director of finance shall revoke a license issued under this article when:
(1) The licensee is convicted or found responsible for two (2) or more violations of this article committed within a one (1) year period.
(2) A location supervisor or other employee of the licensee is convicted or found responsible for two (2) or more violations of this article committed within a one (1) year period. The licensee shall be notified in writing by the police department whenever a location supervisor or other employee is cited for a violation of this article. Notice shall be given to the licensee within ten (10) days of the charge being filed. The provisions of this subsection regarding license suspension shall not apply in the absence of such notification.
(3) The applicant or licensee has made false or misleading statements of material fact in the application for the license required by this article, or has entered or given false information in any record or report required by this article to be kept or made by a licensee.
(4) The licensee has been convicted, since the license was issued, of a felony or misdemeanor drug, non-motor vehicle related alcohol, or sex crime as enumerated in this Code, Arizona Revised Statutes or the United States Code, or any such offense outside the State of Arizona that would have been classified as one (1) of the above offenses if committed within the State of Arizona.
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 7, 1-14-02)
(a) The director of finance, upon notification by the chief of police that grounds for revocation exist, shall file a written petition for revocation with the city court, requesting that a time and place be set for a hearing and specifying the grounds for revocation per section 7-356. Within five (5) days, the special limited magistrate shall schedule a hearing to be conducted within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the petition to revoke. The special limited magistrate shall notify the parties in the manner provided in this article and shall state the grounds relied upon for the proposed revocation. Should the licensee fail to appear at the hearing, a default judgment of revocation shall be entered. A record shall be kept of all proceedings, including proofs offered and a transcript of testimony. No license shall be revoked unless grounds therefore are established by a preponderance of the evidence as shown by the record of the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided for in section 7-352(d). The special limited magistrate shall provide the licensee and other parties written notice of the decision within five (5) days, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Revocation of a license shall be effected by the special limited magistrate's signing of the written notice of the decision. A licensee's right to do business under authority of the license shall terminate immediately upon giving or mailing to the licensee a copy of a signed decision revoking the license; except that the revocation may be stayed by the superior court pending a timely appeal of the decision by special action. Such appeal must be filed within ten (10) days after the decision to revoke is signed unless the decision is mailed, in which case the appeal must be filed no later than fifteen (15) days after entry of the decision. The appellee shall bear the cost of preparing the record of appeal. If an appeal is not timely made, the revocation becomes final and the license is terminated.
(b) Notices required by this article may be served by certified mail to the licensee's attorney, to the licensee at the address as shown on the business license, or by personal service.
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94)
(a) No person conducting or operating a class A dance hall shall permit, either by act or omission, any person under the age of thirteen (13) or over the age of seventeen (17) years to enter or remain upon the premises, except a parent or legal guardian accompanying a person under the age of seventeen (17) years, and except bona fide employees of the licensee conducting or operating such dance hall.
(b) No person conducting or operating a class B dance hall shall permit, either by act or omission, any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to enter or remain upon the premises, except bona fide employees of the licensee conducting or operating such dance hall.
(c) The licensee shall post the age restrictions in a clearly visible location at each entrance to the premises.
(d) Any person who shall by affirmative misrepresentation of age obtain admission to or permission to remain in any dance hall in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(e) Any person who knowingly or recklessly permits a person to enter or remain in any dance hall in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(f) (Reserved)
(g) The age restrictions imposed by this section shall not apply to governmental employees in the performance of their duties.
(h) No person shall conduct or operate a Class A and Class B dance hall simultaneously.
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 8, 1-14-02; Ord. No. 10571, § 4, 8-6-08)
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