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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2131 ORDINANCE NO. 2131 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5 . 08. 170 RELATING TO REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Azusa hereby amends Section 5. 08. 170 of the Azusa Municipal Code to read as follows: "Section 5 . 08. 170. REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION. Every license granted under the provisions of this title or any preceding ordinance is granted and used by all parties receiving or using the same subject to the express condition that the City Council may revoke the same at any time when it is determined by the City Council that any state of facts exists upon which it would be authorized to deny an application for such license , or per- mit, if required, or that the person to whom such license was issued or any of his agents, servants or employees , or any other person in charge of or employed about the business for which the same was issued, has violated any of the conditions of the license , or permit, if any, or terms of this code or of any law of the State, now or hereafter in force , regulating the occupation or business for which such license is issued, or that the license or permit was obtained by fraudulent representations, or that the holder thereof is an unfit person to be trusted with the privileges granted by the license , or has conducted his business in an immoral or disorderly manner, or has failed to make every reasonable effort to maintain order among his customers and patrons and to prevent violations of law or ordinance by them, or that the business has been so conducted as to be a public nuisance ; provided, however, that no license shall be revoked without giving the holder thereof an opportunity to appear before the City Council and be heard in his own behalf. The City Council shall cause a notice of such hearing to be given to the holder of such license at a time not less than five days before the hearing. At the time set for the hearing or at the date to which the hearing may be continued by the City Council , the holder of the license may be heard and may present any facts to show why such license should nOt be revoked, and the City Council shall hear statements from other persons who may attend the hearing and present reasons why the license should or should not be revoked, and may, if it so desires, place under oath and question any person before it; provided, that the City Council may close the hearing when it is convinced that no public good will result from its continuance. At the close of the hearing, or at any time within thirty days thereafter, the City Council shall determine from the facts produced at the hearing, and from any other facts in its possession, whether or not the license should be revoked, and shall make its order accordingly and may make such order conditional upon the doing or not doing of any act by the holder of the license or his agents or servants, which the City Council deems for the public good. On the revocation of the license no part of the money in the hands of the City shall be returned, but such license fee shall be forfeited to the City. Notice of such revocation shall be given to the license holder by the City Clerk. A license may be suspended for such time and subject to such conditions as the City Council may impose in the same manner and for the same reasons that a license may be revoked. The City Administrator shall also have the power to suspend any license upon his determination that grounds for revocation exist, pending determination by the City Council that the license should be revoked or suspended. " SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS lstxay of March 1982 . ///7 MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2131 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 16thday of February , 1982. That, thereafter, said Ordinance -2- was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1st day of March , 1982 , by the following vote to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Moses, Solem NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None 4411ej CIT1 CL Publish Azusa Herald March 10, 1982 . -3-