Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative officer or agency with respect to the issuance, granting or refusal to issue or grant a license or permit may appeal by filing a notice of appeal with the city clerk. The city clerk shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing such appeal. The city clerk shall give notice to such person of the time and place of hearing. This provision shall not apply to any businesses regulated under Chapter 5.100.
(Prior code § 5-600.; Ord. 2236 § 1, 2022)
Any license or permit granted or issued under the provisions of this code may be revoked or suspended at any time for a materially false statement contained in the application, or for a failure to comply with any regulatory provision contained in the statutes of the state or in the ordinances of the city regulating such business, or for any failure to operate such business in an orderly and businesslike manner, in obedience to such orders, rules and regulations as may be applicable thereto under the provisions of this code or statutes of this state, or for conducting such business in an illegal, improper or disorderly manner or in a manner which endangers the public welfare.
(Prior code § 5-601)
A. 
Authority of City Manager. The city manager, upon hearing, after giving the licensee five days' notice of the grounds for revocation or suspension, and the time and place of hearing, and requiring him to show cause why his license or licenses should not be revoked, may revoke or suspend any one or more of the licenses held by such licensee. Within three days after his decision, the city manager shall notify the licensee thereof.
B. 
Appeal to Council. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the city manager may appeal therefrom to the council within ten days after notice thereof, by filing with the city clerk a notice of appeal, and must state briefly in such notice the grounds relied upon for appeal. The council shall fix a time and place for hearing such appeal within not to exceed fifteen days from the date the notice of appeal was filed, and the city clerk shall give not less than five days' notice thereof to the appellant and the city manager. The findings and determination of the council shall be final and conclusive, and within three days after such findings and determination are made, the city clerk shall give notice thereof to the appellant.
C. 
Failure to Appeal. In the event no appeal is taken by the licensee, the decision of the city manager revoking or suspending such license shall become final and conclusive on expiration of the time herein fixed for appeal.
(Prior code § 5-602)
A. 
Authority to Revoke or Suspend. Any permit granted or issued under the provisions of this code may be revoked or suspended at any time by the body or officer granting the same after giving the permittee five days' notice of the grounds for revocation or suspension. In case of revocation, the notice to the permittee shall fix a time and place of hearing, and shall require the permittee to show cause why his permit should not be revoked. Within three days after its decision, the body or officer revoking or suspending the permit shall notify the permittee thereof.
B. 
Effect on License. The revocation or suspension of a permit hereunder shall constitute a revocation or suspension, as the case may be, of the license required in conjunction therewith.
C. 
Appeal to Council. Any person aggrieved by the decision of any body or officer revoking or suspending the permit may appeal therefrom to the council, within ten days after notice thereof, by filing with the city clerk a written notice of appeal, briefly stating in such notice the grounds relied upon for appeal. The council shall fix a time and place for hearing such appeal within not to exceed fifteen days from the date notice of appeal was filed, and the city clerk shall give not less than five days' notice thereof to the appellant. The findings and determination of the council shall be final and conclusive, and within three days after such findings and determination are made, the city clerk shall give notice thereof to the appellant.
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Failure to Appeal. In the event no appeal is taken by the permittee, the decision of the body or officer revoking or suspending such permit shall become final and conclusive on expiration of the time herein fixed for appeal.
(Prior code § 5-603)
The council may, on its own initiative, institute proceedings for the revocation or suspension of any license or permit granted or issued under the provisions of this code by requiring the licensee or permittee to show cause on five days' notice why his license or permit should not be revoked or suspended. Such notice shall state the grounds of revocation or suspension, and the time and place of hearing. The findings and determination of the council shall be final and conclusive.
(Prior code § 5-604)
Until a revoked license or permit is reinstated, no holder thereof shall exercise any of the rights or privileges which such license or permit purports to grant. Whenever the revocation of a license or permit becomes final and conclusive, all certificates, cards and other evidence of such license or permit shall be promptly returned to the city clerk or body or official which issued the same. No license or permit fee, or part thereof, shall be refunded in the event the license or permit is suspended or revoked.
(Prior code § 5-605)
Proceedings to revoke a license or permit under this chapter shall not bar or in any way limit the right of the city to proceed against such licensee or permittee under the penal provisions of this code or any other ordinance of the city.
(Prior code § 5-606)