§ 143-227. Revocation of permit.

A. 

The Code Enforcement Officer shall revoke a permit if a cause of suspension as set forth in this article occurs and the permit has been suspended within the preceding 12 months.

B. 

The Code Enforcement Officer shall revoke a permit if he determines that:

(1) 

A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted to the Township during the application process;

(2) 

A permittee or an employee of a permittee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;

(3) 

A permittee or an employee of a permittee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises;

(4) 

A permittee or an employee of a permittee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee's permit was suspended;

(5) 

A permittee or an employee of a permittee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or other explicit sexual conduct to occur in or on the permitted premises.

C. 

When the Code Enforcement Officer revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one year, and the permittee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business permit for one year from the date revocation became effective.

D. 

After denial of an application or denial of a renewal of an application, or suspension or revocation of a permit, the applicant or licensee or permittee shall have the right to appeal said action and to seek prompt judicial review of such action in a court of competent jurisdiction, as provided by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Township Zoning Ordinance and/or other applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.