(a) The City shall issue a letter of intent to revoke a sexually oriented business license or a sexually oriented business employee license, as applicable, if the licensee knowingly violates this chapter or has knowingly allowed an employee to violate this chapter and the licensee’s license has been suspended within the previous twelve-month period.
(b) The City shall issue a letter of intent to revoke a sexually oriented business license or a sexually oriented business employee license, as applicable, if:
(1) The licensee has knowingly given false information in the application for the sexually oriented business license;
(2) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly engaged in or allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises;
(3) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly engaged in or allowed prostitution on the premises;
(4) The licensee knowingly or recklessly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the license was finally suspended or revoked; or
(5) The licensee has knowingly or recklessly engaged in or allowed any specified sexual activity to occur in or on the licensed premises.
(c) The fact that any relevant conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the revocation of the license, provided that, if any conviction which serves as a basis of a license revocation is overturned or reversed on appeal, that conviction shall be treated as null and of no effect for revocation purposes.
(d) When, after the notice and hearing procedure described in Section 759.11, the City Council revokes a license, the revocation shall continue for one (1) year and the licensee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business license or sexually oriented business employee license for one (1) year from the date revocation becomes effective.
(Ord. 153-2006. Passed 12-5-06.)