(A) For cause shown, any license issued under this subchapter may be suspended or revoked by the Chief of Police after the notice in writing, setting forth the substance of the charges and the time and place of a hearing thereon; which notice shall be delivered three days in advance, either personally to the licensee or to the principle place of location of the licensed activity, or by postage prepaid mail addressed to the licensee’s last known address. Suspension or revocation may be in addition to any fine imposed.
(B) The term CAUSE, as used in this section, shall include:
(1) The conviction by licensee of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
(2) Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for license or made in connection with the conduct of the licensed activity;
(3) Preventing or refusing permission for the inspection by any proper city agent or official at any reasonable time of any portion of the premises where the licensed activity is conducted, or of the property thereof;
(4) The doing or omitting of any act or permitting any condition to exist in connection with the licensed activity or upon premises of facility used in connection therewith; which act, omission or condition constitutes a breach of the peace or constitutes a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the public, or is forbidden by the provisions of this subchapter or established rule or regulation of the city where pawnbrokers or secondhand dealer operates or violates the statutes, rules or regulations of the state applicable to the licensed activity;
(5) The failure to obtain and maintain during the term of a license and any renewal or extension thereof, any local, state or other required professional governmental license, certification or authority for the trade, occupation or profession licensed hereunder;
(6) The failure to obtain and maintain during the term of the license, or any renewal or extension thereof, the bonds and insurance required by any section of this subchapter or the Pawnbrokers Act or Secondhand Dealers Act, being M.C.L.A. §§ 445.401 et seq.; and
(7) Any material misrepresentation made by the licensee in the application or reports filed by the licensee.
(Prior Code, § 40-94) (Ord. 1394, passed 2-10-2014; Ord. 1477, passed 6-17-2019)