(A) In addition to any other ordinances of the town, the Town Clerk may suspend or revoke a license or permit issued under this subchapter:
(1) When any money due the town has not been paid. This includes failure to pay civil penalties, fines, taxes, fees or any other money owed to the town;
(2) When any activity conducted by the licensee or his or her employee or agent violates any federal, state or local rule, regulation or law; or
(3) Upon failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the license.
(B) If the Town Clerk finds one of the grounds in division (A) above, the Town Clerk shall determine whether to cancel the license, revoke the license for the remainder of its term or suspend it for any shorter period according to the severity of:
(1) The disqualification;
(2) Its effect on public health, safety and welfare; and
(3) The time during which the disqualification can be remedied, if at all.
(C) (1) Before the hearing required in division (D) below, the Town Clerk may suspend a license for up to 14 days, if the Town Clerk determines that the suspension is in the interest of public health, safety and welfare.
(2) The Town Clerk may include, in the temporary suspension, reasonable orders or conditions with which the licensee shall comply to protect any work in progress and the public health and safety.
(3) Any breach of such conditions or orders is an independent ground for suspension or revocation of the license.
(D) Except for such emergency suspension authorized by division (C) above, no such suspension or revocation is final until the licensee has been given the opportunity for a hearing before the Town Manager to contest the suspension or revocation.
(E) If, after a hearing, the suspension or revocation is upheld, the Town Manager may include reasonable orders or conditions with which the person whose license has been suspended or revoked shall comply to protect any work in progress and the public health, safety and welfare.
(F) No person whose license is revoked under this subchapter may receive a refund of any part of the license fee paid for the license.
(G) No person who has had a license suspended or revoked under this subchapter is entitled to obtain the same or any similar license under the town’s ordinances during the period of suspension or revocation, either in the person’s own name or as a principal in another business that applies for a license.
(H) Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to prohibit the Town Clerk or other authority from imposing other penalties authorized by this subchapter or other ordinance of the town, including filing a complaint in the Municipal Court for a violation of this subchapter or other ordinance of the town.
(Ord. 05-2015, passed 6-4-2015)