(A) Any general or temporary business license shall be dated as of the date of its issuance. If a person violates the conditions under which the license has been issued, the City Manager may revoke the license. The license shall be void from the date of any revocation and the amount paid for the license shall be forfeited to the city.
(B) The City Manager may suspend any business license if the business is in violation of this code of ordinances.
(C) The City Manager may initiate the process to revoke or suspend a business license by issuance of a notice to abate a violation. The notice shall state the basis for the notice by informing the holder of the license of the condition or conditions noted and the provisions of this code of ordinances that are believed to be in violation. The notice shall give the holder of the license 30 days to abate the violation; except that, the holder of a temporary license will have 24 hours to abate the violation. The notice shall also inform the holder that if the condition or conditions are not abated, the city can issue a civil citation pursuant to § 111.99(A) of this chapter, issue a notice of revocation or suspension of the license, or both.
(D) If, after the expiration of the time designated in division (C) above, the violation has not been abated and the City Manager deems it appropriate to revoke or suspend a license, the City Manager shall issue a notice of revocation or suspension of a business license.
(1) The notice shall be served on the holder either by personally serving the notice or by mailing the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested. In complying with the obligation to “personally serve” the notice, the City Manager may follow Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure 4.1 and 4.2. In complying with the obligation to mail notice to the holder of the business license, the City Manager can mail the notice to the location of the business, trade or occupation, or to the last known address of the applicant. Notice is deemed effective on the date that it is hand delivered, sent or deposited in the United States mail. Proof of service of the notice and order shall be certified to at the time of service by a written declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the persons effecting service, declaring the time, date and manner in which service was made. The declaration, together with any receipt card returned in acknowledgment of receipt by certified mail shall be affixed to the copy of the notice and order.
(2) The notice shall state the basis for the revocation or suspension by informing the holder of the license of the condition or conditions noted and the provisions of this code of ordinances that have been violated.
(3) The notice shall state that the revocation or suspension will take effect 15 days later, or immediately in the case of a temporary business license, unless the decision is appealed to the City Council under the provision set forth in § 111.15 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 3-1.14) (Ord. 792, passed - -1999; Ord. 855, passed - -2006) Penalty, see § 111.99