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A. In addition to any penalties which may be imposed for the violation of certain provisions of this chapter, the city may, pursuant to the provisions of this section, revoke the license of an alarm business on any of the following grounds:

1. Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation or false statement made in an application for a license;

2. Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation or false statement made in an application for a license;

3. Failure to comply within a reasonable time with any order or notice issued by the City Manager after the licensee’s rights to hearing and appeal have been exhausted or failure after reasonable notice to permit the Police Chief to inspect any lists which he is authorized to inspect under this chapter; or failure to comply with the standards imposed by this chapter within a reasonable time, not less than thirty days, after notice or order from the Police Chief.

B. No alarm business license shall be revoked until a hearing is held by the Finance Director. Written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be served on the holder of the license at least ten days before the date set for the hearing. The notice shall set forth a summary of the grounds advanced as the basis for the revocation of the license.

C. At the hearing before the Finance Director, the holder of the license or his authorized representative shall be given an opportunity to confront and examine any adverse witness, and to present evidence on his own behalf. After the hearing the Finance Director shall either dismiss the complaint or shall forward the complaint to the City Manager with his recommendation that the license be revoked. Within ten days after receiving such recommendation, the City Manager shall approve or disapprove the recommendation. In either event, the City Manager shall cause the holder of the license to be given notice in writing of his decision within ten days after making it.

D. Any person whose license is revoked pursuant to subsection C of this section shall have the right, within ten days after receiving notice in writing of the revocation from the City Manager, of filing a written appeal with the City Council. Such appeal shall set forth in detail the specific ground or grounds on which it is based. The City Council shall hold a hearing on the appeal within thirty days after its receipt by the city and shall cause the appellant to be given at least ten days’ written notice of such hearing. At the hearing the appellant or his authorized representative shall have the right to present a written or oral argument, or both, in support of his appeal. The determination of the City Council on the appeal shall be final.

E. Within ten days after an alarm business receives notice of revocation of its license, or after it has exhausted all appeals with respect to such revocation, it shall notify all persons for whom it is required to maintain a list pursuant to subsection (A)(3) of Section 8.24.030 of such revocation, and the notice shall advise such persons that the alarm business must cease providing service for or selling burglar and robbery alarm systems to such persons within thirty days after they receive notice of revocation. For the purposes of this section, any alarm business other than a central station, modified central station, or telephone answering service may satisfy the notice requirements by placing an advertisement in a newspaper or newspapers published in the geographic areas in which it’s customers are located, which advertisement shall be in a form prescribed by the Finance Director. Such advertisement should appear at least one day a week for three successive weeks. When the notice required by this subsection has been completed, the alarm business shall submit a sworn certificate to the Finance Director that it has met the requirements of this subsection.

F. After notice of revocation has been given, an alarm business licensee may continue to operate his business until all of his rights of appeal under this chapter have been exhausted. (Ord. 1981, 11/14/00; Ord. 1891, 12/14/99; Ord. 927, 1979)