Sec. 7-20. Suspension, revocation, termination of license; grounds and procedure; appeal.
A. Any license issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be revoked or suspended upon any one or more of the following grounds:
1. The licensee, its employee, agent, manager or any person connected or associated with the license as a member, partner, officer, stockholder or manager, or any "person financially interested" as defined in Section 7-3 of this Chapter has violated any provision of the Phoenix City Code in conducting an amusement licensed under the provisions of this Chapter or has been convicted of a violation of the Phoenix City Code, State or Federal law in conducting an amusement licensed under the provisions of this Chapter.
2. The licensee, its employee, agent, manager or any person connected or associated with the license as a member, partner, director, officer, stockholder or manager, or any "person financially interested" as defined in Section 7-3 of this Chapter has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application, or in connection with the application process, for any license required by this Chapter.
3. The licensee has been convicted since the issuance of the license of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, that relates to the licensed activity.
4. The game center or teenage dancehall licensee has been convicted of a sexual or violent offense against a child at any time. for purposes of this paragraph, "licensee" shall mean the applicant, any manager, and any person financially interested in the licensee.
5. The licensee has knowingly employed a manager who has been convicted at any time of a sexual or violent offense against a child.
6. The licensee is a corporation or a limited liability company and is not or is no longer qualified to transact business in the State of Arizona.
B. To suspend or revoke a license, the City Clerk shall notify the licensee in writing by certified mail at the address as shown on the application or otherwise more recently of record, or by hand-delivery, that said license is suspended or revoked. The cause for such suspension or revocation shall be set forth in the notice. A suspended or revoked license shall be surrendered to the City Clerk on demand.
C. Appeals from the suspension, revocation, or termination of a license as provided for in this Chapter may be taken to the License Appeal Board in accordance with the procedures in Article II of Chapter 19 of the Phoenix City Code.
D. A license suspension shall not exceed sixty calendar days. In ordering a suspension under this section, the City Clerk shall consider the following factors as may be applicable in the exercise of the City Clerk’s discretion: prior warnings given, date of violation, earlier violations, duration of licensure, circumstances of the violation or conviction and their connection to the regulatory purpose of the licensing scheme, punishment imposed for earlier violations or convictions, cooperation with City licensing or law enforcement personnel, investment in business, number of employees, knowledge of City regulations, and other aggravating or mitigating circumstances relating directly to the violation or conviction. (Ord. No. G-1964, § 3; Ord. No. G-3569, § 3; Ord. No. G-3570, § 4; Ord. No. G-3610, § 4; Ord. No. G-3611, § 4; Ord. No. G-3683, § 12; Ord. No. G-3922, § 6, 1996; Ord. No. G-4409, § 8, 2002; Ord. No. G-5389, § 21, 2009)