Ordinance 2583-02 - Laserfiche WebLink

(i) For the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer other officer of any company to cause of permit the company to engage in business without having obtained a business license as provided in this chapter; (j) To tear down or remove any order or notice posted by the City; (k) To fail or refuse to permit the examination of any book, paper, account, record or other data by the finance department or its authorized agent; (2) Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any lawful rule or regulation adopted by the clerk pursuant thereto, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in any sum not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 24. Suspension or Revocation of business license, appeal. (1) The Director, or designee, shall have the power and authority to suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this Chapter. The Director, or designee, shall notify such licensee in writing by certified mail of the suspension or revocation of his or her license and the grounds therefor. Any license issued under this Chapter may be suspended or revoked based on one or more of the following grounds: (a) The license was procured by fraud or false representation of fact. (b) The licensee has failed to comply with any provisions of chapters 3.20, 3.24, 3.28 and 3.36. (c) The licensee is in default in any payment of any license fee or tax under chapters 3.20, 3.24, 3.28 and 3.36. (d) The licensee or employee has been convicted of a crime involving the business subject to tax under chapters 3.20, 3.24, 3.28 and 3.36. (2) Any licensee may, within ten(10) days from the date that the suspension or revocation notice was mailed to the licensee, appeal from such suspension or revocation by filing a written notice of appeal ("petition") setting forth the grounds therefor with the Finance and Budget Committee of the City Council. A copy of the petition must be provided by the licensee to the Director and the City Attorney on or before the date the petition is filed with the Finance and Budget Committee of the City Council. The Finance and Budget Committee of the City Council shall set a date for hearing said appeal and notify the licensee by mail of the time and place of the hearing. After the hearing thereon the Finance and Budget Committee of the City Council shall, after appropriate findings of fact, and conclusions of law, affirm, modify, or overrule the suspension or revocation and reinstate the license, and may impose any terms upon the continuance of the license. No suspension or revocation of a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall take effect until three (3) days after the mailing of the notice thereof by the Director, and if appeal is taken as herein prescribed the suspension or revocation shall 14