8.24.100 Alarm Agents - Identification Cards - Suspension or Revocation:
A. In addition to any penalties which may be imposed for the violation of provisions of this chapter, the city may, pursuant to the provisions of this section, revoke the identification card of an alarm agent on any of the following grounds:
1. Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation or false statements made in an application for an identification card;
2. Fraud or willful and knowing misrepresentation or false statement made while employed as an alarm agent;
3. Conviction of a felony or of a misdemeanor which reflects unfavorably upon the cardholder’s fitness to be an alarm agent.
B. No identification card 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 an identification card 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 identification card.
C. At the hearing before the Finance Director, the holder of the identification card shall be given an opportunity to confront and examine any adverse witness, and to present evidence in 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 an identification card 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 an identification card to be given notice in writing of his decision within ten days after making it.
D. Any person whose identification card is revoked pursuant to 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 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. After notice of revocation is given, an alarm agent identification card shall remain in full force and effect and the holder of an alarm agent identification card shall be permitted to perform the authorized functions of a licensed alarm agent until any appeal has been concluded. (Ord. 1981, 11/14/00; Ord. 1891, 12/14/99; Ord. 927, 1979)