§ 14-455. Revocation of license; appeal; interim license.

(a)

Any license issued pursuant to this article shall be revoked upon any one or more of the following grounds committed by a licensee, employee, agent, escort, escort bureau runner, or other person connected or associated with the license as a partner, director, officer, stockholder or manager, or any "person financially interested" as defined herein:

(1)

Violation of any provision of this article in conducting an activity licensed under the provisions of this article;

(2)

Giving false information or making a material misrepresentation of fact in the application for any license required in this article;

(3)

Delinquency in payment to the town of taxes or fees;

(4)

Conviction, subsequent to the issuance of any license of a crime which is either a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or as offered or agreed to or rendered the service of a sexually oriented escort; or

(5)

The licensee is a corporation or business entity and is not or is no longer qualified to transact business in the State of Arizona.

(b)

To revoke a license, the licensing officer shall notify the licensee in writing by mail to the address as shown on the application or otherwise more recently of record, that license or permit is revoked. The cause for such revocation shall be set forth in the notice. Service shall be complete upon mailing to the address of record, in the office of the licensing officer.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the license shall terminate if the licensee fails to pay any license fee owed either when due or by the end of any renewal period.

(d)

Appeals from the revocation or termination of a license as provided for in this article may be appealed to the town manager by filing an appeal with the town clerk within ten days after the date of the revocation or termination. The decision of the town manager shall be final.

(e)

A revoked license shall be surrendered to the licensing officer on demand at the expiration of the appeals process.

(Ord. No. 2517, § I, 12-18-14)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2517, § I, adopted Dec. 18, 2014, repealed the former § 14-455, and enacted a new section as set out herein. The former § 14-455 pertained to denial, revocation, or suspension of license; appeal; interim license, and derived from Ord. No. 1621, § I, adopted Feb. 1, 2005.