HomeMy WebLinkAbout4023 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3844, §7.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
SECTION 1: Ordinance No. 3844, §7 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
License - Denial, Suspension or Revocation:
A. Any license issued pursuant to this Chapter may be
suspended for up to sixty (60) days or revoked by the chief of
police for good cause. For the purposes of this section "good
cause" shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Conviction of the licensee or any of his employees of
any crime relating to the operation of a used goods or pawnbroker
dealership;
2. Violation by the licensee or his or her employees of any
of the provisions of this Chapter, or any other ordinance or
statute relating to the operation of a used goods or pawn shop
dealership;
3. Failure to record any item purchased or received by the
licensee or his or her employees;
4. Failure to submit to the police all required records;
5. Falsely stating any material fact on the license
application;
6. Submitting a false or incomplete record to the police.
B. In the event the Chief of Police shall suspend or revoke
the license, he shall cause to be served upon the licensee a
formal order of suspension or revocation of the license which
order shall recite the reasons therefore and state the licensee's
appeal rights. The order shall be served either (1) by
delivering a copy personally upon the licensee, or (2) by leaving
a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at the
place of business of the licensee or if no person may be found at
the place of business, by leaving such order in a conspicuous
place on the premises and mailing a copy of the order to the
licensee at his place of business as set forth in his application
for a license.
C. Any person whose license is suspended or revoked by the
chief of police may appeal such suspension or revocation in
writing to the Office of the Hearing Examiner within fourteen
(14) calendar days from the time notice of the chief of police's
final decision to suspend or revoke was given. Any hearing
before a hearing examiner shall be conducted in accordance with
the procedures for conducting hearings on appeals of
administrative decisions in the Administrative Procedures
Ordinance of the City (Ordinance No. 3961). The determination
appealed from shall be regarded as prima facie correct. The
examiner may affirm or reverse the final decision of the chief of
police. The decision of the examiner shall be final unless a
petition for reconsideration by the examiner is accepted or
appeal of the examiner's decision is taken to the City Council
pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures
Ordinance.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
day of , 1986.
PASSED by ~ City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication
of such passage this ~ day of
1986.
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Clerk
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