§ 17.44.090. Suspension and revocation.

A.

If the Police Department makes three or more documented calls for service in a thirty day period to a licensed premises in response to a complaint of disorderly conduct as defined by Section 11.12.010 or disturbing the peace as defined by Section 11.12.020, or if a licensee violates any provision of Chapter 17.40 or 17.44, the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning may order the licensee, by written notice sent by certified mail to licensee's address of record, to show cause before the Building Board of Appeals within thirty days of the date of said notice why the operating license for the subject property should not be suspended. The order shall set forth the grounds for the proposed suspension. If the licensee shall fail to show cause to the satisfaction of the Board within the stipulated time why the license should not be suspended, the license shall be suspended. If the violations causing the suspension are corrected to the satisfaction of the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning within thirty days of the date of said suspension, the suspensions imposed under this subsection shall be vacated by the Director.

B.

A suspension imposed under Subsection A of this section shall expire and the operating license shall be revoked thirty days after the date of the suspension unless, during that thirty day period, the violations causing the suspension have been corrected to the satisfaction of the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning. The Director shall send to the property owner written notice by certified mail of any such revocation. The notice shall inform the owner of the right to appeal the revocation pursuant to Section 17.44.120 and shall set forth the grounds for the revocation.

C.

An operating license revoked pursuant to Subsection B of this section shall not be revalidated or renewed. However, nothing contained herein shall preclude the owner of any such property from filing an application for a new operating license for such property pursuant to Chapter 17.44.

D.

The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the licensing and permits Office of the Department of Planning and Zoning. Upon receipt of a complaint under this section or upon a recommendation by the Chief of Police to take action under this section, the Director of the Department of Planning and Zoning, or his or her designee, shall obtain such information as necessary to determine whether to proceed under Subsection A of this section.

(Ord. O-30-08 Amended § 1 (part), 2009: Ord. O-38-95 § 1 (part): Ord. O-29-88 § 1 (part))

(Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)