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A. The police chief may suspend or revoke, subject to the appeal procedures in BMC 5.17.050(C), any license issued pursuant to this chapter upon 10 days’ notice 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 of 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 of Bothell, or the requirements of this chapter;

3. The licensee or any owner, officer or agent thereof has committed any act which is a ground for denial of a license;

4. The licensee or the licensee’s 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 dance hall premises; or

b. The dance hall 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 by persons under the age of 21 years, in or upon dance hall premises; or

d. The giving or supplying of liquor by persons under the age of 21 years; or

e. The use by any person in or upon the dance hall premises of marijuana, 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.

B. If the police chief finds that any of the conditions set forth in subsection A of this section exist and that the existence of such condition constitutes a threat of immediate and serious injury or damage to person or property, the police chief 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 appeal the decision to the city council in accordance with BMC 5.17.050(C). The notice of immediate suspension or revocation of license given pursuant to this subsection shall include the police chief’s findings regarding the condition found to exist that constitutes a threat of immediate and serious injury or damage to person or property, and shall also inform the applicant of the right to appeal within 10 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 city clerk. (Ord. 1216 § 1, 1986).