Sec. 656.157. - Revocation or suspension of a certificate of use.

The Director is authorized to suspend or revoke a certificate of use for cause. The following constitute adequate grounds for the Director to suspend or revoke a certificate of use: (a) The certificate holder has failed to disclose or has misrepresented a material fact or information required by this Chapter in the application; (b) The certificate holder, as part of the certificate holder's business activity within the City, is engaged in conduct that is detrimental to the public health, welfare or safety of the City; (c) The certificate holder does not engage in the use described in the application or has changed the use without authorization through approval of a new certificate of use for the changed use, as required herein; (d) The certificate holder is conducting business from premises that do not possess a valid and current certificate of occupancy as may be required by City, County and State laws; (e) The certificate holder has been convicted of violations of City, County or State regulations or law (including civil violations), on three or more separate occasions in less than five years for activities occurring at the certificate holder's premises; (f) In the event of a conviction of any owner, operator, manager, supervisor, or any employee acting at the direction or with the knowledge of the owner, operator, manager, or supervisor, by a court of competent jurisdiction, for the violation of any criminal statute committed in conjunction with the business operation; (g) The certificate holder has violated any provision of this Chapter and has failed or refused to cease or correct the violation within 30 days of receipt of notification thereof or the building or structure has been condemned as an unsafe structure on more than three occasions over a two year period; (h) The certificate holder, as part of their business activity within the City, has used the premises or knowingly lets, leases or gives space for unlawful gambling purposes; (i) The certificate holder, within the preceding five years in this State or any other state or in the United States, has been adjudicated guilty of or forfeited bond when charged with soliciting for prostitution, pandering, letting premises for prostitution, keeping a disorderly place, or illegally dealing in, manufacturing or processing of narcotics; (j) The premises have been condemned by the local health authority for failure to meet sanitation standards or the premises have been condemned by the Municipal Code Compliance Division, Building Inspection Division or the Fire Prevention Division because the premises are unsafe or unfit for human occupancy; (k) The certificate holder's premises have been found to constitute a public nuisance pursuant to F.S. §§ 823.01, 823.05, 823.10, or 823.13; or Chapter 672 (Public Nuisance Abatement Board), Ordinance Code; (l) The certificate holder has failed to satisfy any fines or administrative fees imposed pursuant to Chapters 91 or 609, Ordinance Code. (Ord. 2014-724-E, § 2; Ord. 2022-766-E , § 1)