§ 5.28.090. Promoter registration certificate—Denial or revocation.

A.

The City Manager may deny, revoke or suspend any promoter's registration certificate upon being satisfied that the holder thereof or any of its officers, partners or agents has violated any provision of this Chapter, or any other law or ordinance regulating charities or philanthropic work, or has made any misstatement in the application, or that he has made false statements in order to procure a contribution or donation, or has engaged in any fraudulent transaction or enterprise, or that the holder is conducting the business in an unfair, dishonest, unjust or inequitable manner. Any holder of such a certificate which is revoked or suspended by the City Manager shall, within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, present such certificate to the City Manager.

B.

Any holder of such a certificate which has been revoked or suspended by the City Manager, or any applicant for such certificate which has been disapproved by the City Manager, is entitled to an appeal to the City Council. Such appeal shall be taken by such applicant's filing notice thereof with the City Clerk within ten (10) days of such suspension, revocation or denial. Such appeal shall be in writing and shall set forth the grounds of appeal. An appeal shall be heard by the City Council at its next regular meeting after the filing of such notice or at such later time as shall be determined by the City Council. On the hearing of the appeal, all facts connected with the revocation, suspension or denial of the certificate shall be presented to the Council and the Council may make such further investigation as it deems necessary and may affirm or reverse the decision of the City Manager. In the event the decision of the City Manager is reversed, the Council shall direct the City Manager to issue, or reinstate, as the case may be, such certificate.

C.

The revocation, or suspension, of such a certificate shall not be a bar to the prosecution of the holder thereof for a violation of any provision of this Chapter.

(Ord. C-6430 § 2, 1987; Ord. C-6260 § 1 (part), 1986)