5.06.100 Suspension or revocation of licenses – Notice – Summary suspension or revocation.
A. After an investigation and upon the recommendation of the chief of police, director of the development services department or fire chief, the clerk may, upon 30 days’ notice, temporarily or permanently 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 clerk;
2. The building, structure, equipment or location of the business 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 of Washington, King County, and the city, or the requirements of this chapter;
3. The licensee or his or her employee, agent, partner, director, officer or manager has knowingly allowed or permitted:
a. Any unlawful act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, or masturbation to be committed in or upon the dancehall premises; or
b. The dancehall premises to be used as a place in which unlawful solicitations for sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation or masturbation occur; or
c. The possession or consumption of liquor, as defined in RCW 66.04.010(15), by persons under the age of 21 years, in or upon dancehall premises; or
d. The giving or supplying of liquor, as defined in RCW 66.04.010(15), to any person under the age of 21 years; or
e. The use by any person in or upon the dancehall premises of marijuana, cocaine or any other controlled substance (as defined in RCW 69.50.101(d) as now or hereafter amended) not prescribed by a licensed physician for use by the person possessing or using the substance.
B. If the clerk finds that any of the conditions set forth in BCC 5.06.100(A) of this chapter exist and that the existence of such condition constitutes a threat of immediate and serious injury or damage to person or property, the clerk may immediately suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter without prior opportunity to be heard in which event the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with BCC 5.06.110(B) of this chapter at the earliest opportunity. The notice of immediate suspension or revocation of license given pursuant to this subsection shall include the clerk’s finding regarding the condition found to exist that constitutes a threat of immediate and serious injury or damage to person or property, and the reasons therefor, and shall also contain a notice of the date, time and place when the hearing under BCC 5.06.110(B) shall be held, which shall not be more than 10 days after the date of the notice of immediate suspension or revocation. (Ord. 5821 § 9, 2008; Ord. 3547 § 11, 1985.)