Legal Documents of Halls

Code of Halls

Halls
Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 7 : Sexually Oriented Business Regulations

9-716 : Revocation of permit.

  1. The Mayor of the Town of Halls or his/her designee shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension in § 9-715 of this chapter occurs and the permit has been suspended within the preceding twelve (12) months.
  2. The Mayor of the Town of Halls or his/her designee, shall revoke a permit upon determining that:
    1. A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process that tended to enhance the applicant's opportunity for obtaining a permit; or
    2. A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances in or on the premises; or
    3. A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises; or
    4. A permittee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee's permit was suspended; or
    5. A permittee has been convicted of a "specified criminal act" for which the time period required in § 9-711 of this chapter has not elapsed; or
    6. On two or more occasions within a twelve (12) month period, a person or persons committed an offense, occurring in or on the permitted premises, constituting a specified criminal act for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person or persons were employees of the sexually oriented business at the time the offenses were committed. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect of the revocation of the permit; or
    7. A permittee is convicted of tax violations for any tax or fees related to a sexually oriented business; or
    8. A permittee has been operating more than one sexually oriented business under a single roof except as provided in § 9-703(2).
  3. When the Mayor of the Town of Halls or his/her designee, revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one (1) year and the permittee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business permit for one (1) year from the date revocation became effective. (as added by Ord. #02-28, June 2002)