5.22.070 Revocation or suspension of license.
A. After giving notice to the licensee of the right to a hearing pursuant to the procedures set forth in RMC 5.22.060, and conducting a hearing if a timely request is filed, the City Council may suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to this chapter where one or more of the following conditions exist:
1. The license was procured by fraud or false representation of material fact in the application or in any report or record required to be filed with the finance director;
2. The building, structure, equipment or location of the business or dance for which the license was issued does not comply with the requirements or fails to meet the standards of the applicable health, zoning, building, fire and safety laws and ordinances of the state, King County, and the City, or the requirements of this chapter;
3. The applicant or any of the applicant’s officers, directors, partners, operators, employees or any other person involved in the operation of the dance or dance hall has been convicted within the last five years of:
a. A felony involving a crime of violence (as defined in RCW 9.41.010(2) as it now exists or as hereafter amended) or any felony under RCW Chapters 9A.44, 9A.64, 9A.88 or 69.50, or
b. A crime involving prostitution, promoting prostitution, prostitution loitering or lewd conduct, or assault on a juvenile;
4. The licensee or his employee, agent, partner, director, officer or manager has knowingly allowed or permitted:
a. A felony involving a crime of violence (as defined in RCW 9.41.010(2) as it now exists or as hereafter amended) or any felony under RCW Chapters 9A.44, 9A.64, 9A.88 or 69.50 to occur in or upon the dance hall premises, or
b. A crime involving prostitution, promoting prostitution, prostitution loitering or lewd conduct, or assault on a juvenile to occur in or upon the dance hall premises, or
c. Any unlawful act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, or masturbation to be committed in or upon the dance hall premises, or
d. The dance hall premises to be used as a place in which unlawful solicitations for sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation or masturbation occur, or
e. The possession or consumption of liquor by persons under the age of twenty-one years, in or upon dance hall premises, or
f. The giving or supplying of liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one years, or
g. The use by any person in or upon the dance hall premises of cannabis, cocaine or any other controlled substance (as defined in RCW 69.50.101(d) as now exists or as hereafter amended) not prescribed by a licensed physician for use by the person possessing or using the substance, or
h. Violation of any condition placed upon a license issued pursuant to this chapter, of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or of any other applicable law or ordinance, which the City Council finds constitutes an unreasonable interference with surrounding land uses or is otherwise unreasonably detrimental to the public welfare.
B. If the City council finds that any of the conditions set forth in this section exists and that the existence of such condition constitutes a threat of immediate and serious injury or damage to person or property, and in the case of conditions which may be eliminated by the licensee, that notice of the conditions has been given to the licensee and at least twenty-four hours have expired without the elimination of such conditions, the City council may immediately suspend any license issued under this chapter without prior opportunity to be heard, in which event the licensee shall be entitled to appeal the decision to the City council in accordance with Section 5.22.060. The notice of immediate suspension of license given pursuant to this subsection shall include a statement of the conditions found to exist that constitute a threat of immediate and serious injury or damage to persons or property, and shall also inform the applicant of his right to appeal within ten days of the date of the notice by filing a written notice of appeal which contains a statement of the reasons for the appeal with the finance director.
C. Revocation of any license issued under this chapter shall be accomplished pursuant to this section. (Ord. 3150 § 3, 2024; Ord. 2546 § 2 (part), 2010: Ord. 1319 § 2 (part), 1986).