(a) If a license or registration is suspended or revoked, the licensee or registrant shall be required to pay a reinstatement fee of twenty-five dollars before such license or registration is reinstated by the town manager.
(b) A license or registration issued under this chapter may be suspended by the town manager if he/she determines that any of the following events has occurred or conditions exists:
(1) The licensee or registrant has failed to pay the annual fee required by Section 5.02.015 or 5.02.020 of this chapter for the renewal of such license or registration;
(2) The licensee or registrant fails to provide the town manager with any additions, corrections, or changes to the information provided in the license application within thirty days of such additions, corrections, or changes;
(3) The licensee has failed to permit inspection of the business premises, or a commodity or material located on the business premises, by public authorities acting pursuant to law;
(4) The licensee or registrant fails to keep the business and its premises clean and free from any sort of rubbish, combustible or explosive material, or any other conditions injurious to public health and the general welfare;
(5) If the licensee or registrant is a nonnatural person, the licensee or registrant is no longer in good standing under the laws of the state of Indiana, or is no longer authorized and qualified to engage in business in the state of Indiana;
(6) Any application or registration form contains any material omissions and/or materially false or misleading information;
(7) The license or registration was obtained through fraud, duress, or illegality;
(8) The business and/or its premises are conducted, maintained, supervised, or operated in such a manner as to create a nuisance, or a threat to the public health or general welfare;
(9) The licensee, any person having a financial interest in the licensee or associated premises, or an employee of the licensee has been convicted of a felony in connection with the operation of the business;
(10) The licensee, any person having a financial interest in the licensee or associated premises, or an employee of the licensee has been deemed to be aiding, abetting, encouraging, permitting, harboring, or engaged in criminal conduct or criminal activities at the business or on its premises;
(11) The licensee has failed to implement or enforce policies and procedures governing employees, guests, and/or conduct and activities at the business or on its premises reasonably calculated to ensure that no illegal conduct or practice will take place at the business or on its premises; or
(12) The licensee, any person having a financial interest in the licensee or associated premises, or the business and/or the premises so licensed has failed to comply in any manner with any town ordinance, or state law applicable thereto, in addition to any provision of the revised code of the Consolidated City and County, Indianapolis/Marion County, Indiana (the “Consolidated City Code”) and the revised code of the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (the “Health and Hospital Code”), to the extent that the Consolidated City Code and the Health and Hospital Code apply within the corporate boundaries of the town.
Before a license or registration may be suspended, the town manager shall give written notice of the suspension to the licensee or registrant with the date of suspension effective thirty days from the date of the notice. The suspension will remain in effect until all fees and penalties have been paid, and the licensee or registrant is in compliance with this chapter. A suspension may be appealed to the town council as set forth in Section 5.02.060 of this chapter.
(c) A license or registration issued under this chapter may be revoked by the town manager if:
(1) The license or registration has been suspended three or more times;
(2) A suspension of the license or registration remains in effect for ninety or more days.
If the town manager revokes a license or registration, he/she shall provide written notice of the revocation to the licensee or registrant. The revocation will remain in effect until all fees and penalties have been paid, and the licensee or registrant is in compliance with this chapter. A revocation of a license or registration may be appealed to the town council as set forth in Section 5.02.060 of this chapter.
(d) If a license or registration is suspended or revoked by the town manager, the licensee or registrant shall be notified in writing of the reasons for the suspension or revocation, and shall have the right to appeal this decision to the town council, as set forth in Section 5.02.060 of this chapter. (Ord. 1058 §1(part), 2006).