Chapter 5.12 — PERMIT ENFORCEMENT

Any person required to obtain a permit to engage in; conduct, or carry on any business pursuant to this title shall file an application therefor in writing with the City Council, specifying by street and number of the place where such business is proposed to be engaged in, conducted or carried on and such other information as may be required. Such application shall be signed by the applicant and shall contain the address of such applicant. (Prior code § 18.1)

No permit to engage in, conduct or carry on any business pursuant to this title shall be granted to any person who fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with the laws and ordinances relating to and regulating the business for which such permit is sought. (Prior code § 18.2)

• A. Generally. In the event that any person holding a permit to engage in, conduct or carry on any business or activity pursuant to this title shall violate any of the provisions of this title, or any provision of any other ordinance of the City, or any law relating to or regulating any such business, or shall conduct or carry on any such business or activity in an unlawful manner, such permit may be revoked by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of this title. Any such permit may be temporarily suspended by the Chief of Police pending a hearing by the City Council. Such temporary suspension shall become permanent unless appealed by the permittee.

• B. Hearing Required—Notice. No permit to engage in, conduct, or carry on any business or activity pursuant to this title may be revoked by the City Council until a hearing, upon written notice to the permittee, shall have been held by the City Council. Written notice of such hearing shall be served upon the permittee either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified, or by depositing the notice in the United States mail, in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to such person to be notified, at the address given in the appeal or at the last-known business or residential address, as the same appears from the records pertaining to the application for the permit to conduct the business. Service by mail shall be deemed to have been completed five days after the time of depositing the notice in the post office, and proof of mailing such notice may be made by the certificate of any officer or employee of the City or by affidavit of any person over the age of 18 years, which shows service in conformity with this title.

• (Prior code §§ 18.3, 18.4)

If the permit of any person to engage in, conduct or carry on any business or activity under the provisions of this title shall be revoked, no permit shall be granted to such person to engage in, conduct or carry on such business or activity within six months after such revocation. (Prior code § 18.5)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Prior code § 18.6)

After receiving written notification from the City Clerk, any person who fails for a period of 30 days to file an application and obtain a permit required by this chapter shall incur a penalty equal to 25% of the fee and for each additional month or fraction of a month after the expiration of the 30-day period that the applicant fails to file such application and obtain such permit, there shall be added an additional penalty equal to 25% of the fee. The imposition or payment of the penalty imposed by this section shall not prevent the imposition of any other penalty prescribed by any local ordinance or a criminal prosecution for violation of this title. (Prior code § 18.7)