(a) A license or permit 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 exist:
(1) The licensee has failed to pay the annual fee required by Section 5.30.070 of this chapter for renewal of such license;
(2) The licensee fails to provide the town manager with any material additions, corrections, or changes to the information provided in the license application within thirty days of such additions, corrections, or changes;
(3) The licensee fails to permit inspections of the hotel and its premises by public authorities acting pursuant to law;
(4) The licensee fails to keep the hotel 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 is a nonnatural person, the licensee 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 for a hotel license or hotel room permit filed by a licensee contains any material omissions and/or materially false or misleading information;
(7) The license or permit was obtained through fraud, duress, or illegality;
(8) The hotel 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 hotel;
(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 hotel 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 hotel or on its premises reasonably calculated to ensure that no illegal conduct or practice will take place at the hotel or on its premises;
(12) The licensee, any person having a financial interest in the licensee or associated premises, or the hotel and/or the premises so licensed has failed to comply in any manner with any town ordinance, or state law applicable to the operation of the hotel or its premises, 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; or
(13) The licensee has previously evaded the licensing provisions of this chapter.
Before a license or permit may be suspended, the town manager shall give written notice of the suspension to the licensee 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 is in compliance with this chapter. A suspension may be appealed to the town council as set forth in Section 5.30.170 of this chapter.
(b) A permit issued under this chapter may be revoked by the town manager if:
(1) The permit has been suspended three or more times;
(2) A suspension of the permit remains in effect for ninety or more days; or
(3) The licensee’s license has been revoked.
If the town manager revokes a permit, he/she shall provide written notice of the revocation to the licensee. A revocation of a permit may be appealed to the town council as set forth in Section 5.30.170 of this chapter.
(c) A license issued under this chapter may be revoked by the town manager if:
(1) The license has been suspended three or more times;
(2) A suspension of the license remains in effect for ninety or more days;
(3) A suspension of any permit of the licensee remains in effect for ninety or more days.
If the town manager revokes a license, he/she shall provide written notice of the revocation to the licensee. A revocation of a license may be appealed to the town council as set forth in Section 5.30.170 of this chapter. (Ord. 1059 §1(part), 2006).