5.43.120 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF ENTERTAINMENT REGULATORY PERMITS AND SINGLE EVENT ENTERTAINMENT PERMITS.

An entertainment permit or single event entertainment permit may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the procedures and standards of this Section.

(a) On determining that grounds for permit revocation exist, the Police Chief shall furnish written notice of the proposed suspension or revocation to the permittee. Such notice shall set forth the time and place of a hearing and the ground or grounds upon which the hearing is based, the pertinent code sections, and a brief statement of the factual matters in support thereof. The notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to the last known address of the permittee, or shall be delivered to the permittee personally, at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established by the Police Chief, but at a minimum shall include the following:

(1) All parties involved shall have a right to offer testimonial, documentary, and tangible evidence bearing on the issues; may be represented by counsel; and shall have the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses. Any relevant evidence may be admitted that is the sort of evidence upon which reasonable persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs. Any hearing under this Section may be continued for a reasonable time for the convenience of a party or a witness. The Police Chief's decision may be appealed in accordance with Section 5.43.140.

(b) A permittee may be subject to suspension or revocation of their permit, or be subject to other appropriate disciplinary action, for any of the following causes arising from the acts or omissions of the permittee, or an employee, agent, partner, director, stockholder, or manager of an entertainment business:

(1) The permittee has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material facts in the application for a permit, or in any report or record required to be filed with the City.

(2) The permittee, employee, agent, partner, director, stockholder, or manager of an entertainment business has knowingly allowed or permitted, and has failed to make a reasonable effort to prevent the occurrence of any of the following on the premises of the entertainment business, or in the case of a Single Event Entertainment Permit, the permittee, employee, agent, partner, director, stockholder, or manager has knowingly allowed or permitted and has failed to make a reasonable effort to prevent the occurrence of any of the following at the single entertainment event:

(A) Any conduct prohibited by this chapter; or

(B) An unruly gathering as that term is defined in Chapter 7.22 of this Code.

(3) Failure to abide by a disciplinary action previously imposed by an appropriate City official.

(4) Failure to comply with all applicable state and local law in the operation of the entertainment business.

(c) If the entertainment business for which the Permit has been issued is an adult cabaret, a permittee may be subject to suspension or revocation of his or her permit, or be subject to other appropriate disciplinary action, if the permittee, employee, agent, partner, director, stockholder, or manager of an entertainment business has knowingly allowed or permitted, and has failed to make a reasonable effort to prevent the occurrence of any of the following on the premises of the entertainment business:

(A) Any act of unlawful sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation or masturbation.

(B) Use of the establishment as a place where unlawful solicitations for sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, or masturbation openly occur.

(C) Any conduct constituting a criminal offense which requires registration under Section 290 of the California Penal Code.

(D) The occurrence of acts of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, including any conduct constituting violations of Sections 315, 316 or 318, or Subdivision b of Section 647 of the California Penal Code.

(d) After holding the hearing in accordance with the provisions of this Section, if the Police Chief finds and determines that there are grounds for disciplinary action, based upon the severity of the violation, the Police Chief shall impose one of the following:

(1) A warning;

(2) Suspension of the permit for a specified period not to exceed six months;

(3) Revocation of the permit.