Revocation.
Batesville Code of Ordinances § 8-110
in effectSec. 8-110. - Revocation.
(a) The director shall revoke a permit and/or license, if a cause of suspension in section 8-109 occurs and the permit and/or license has been suspended within the preceding twelve (12) months.
(b) The director shall also revoke a permit and/or license if he determines that:
(1) A permittee and/or licensee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process;
(2) A permittee and/or licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of an alcoholic beverage or controlled substances on the premises;
(3) A permittee and/or licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises;
(4) A permittee and/or licensee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee's and/or licensee's permit and/or license was suspended;
(5) A permittee and/or licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or other sexual conduct to occur in, or on, the permitted and/or licensed premises;
(6) A permittee and/or licensee is delinquent in payment to the city or state for any taxes for fees past due;
(7) The owner or operator of the permitted establishment knowingly allowed a person under twenty-one (21) years of age to enter an establishment; or
(8) That there was a change of owner or operator for which a transfer application was not timely filed.
(9) A permittee or licensee has obtained a license or permit for the sale and/or on premises consumption of alcoholic beverages of any kind for the sexually oriented business or the premises or location thereof.
(c) When the director revokes a permit and/or license, the revocation shall continue for one (1) year, and the permittee and/or licensee shall not be issued a sexually oriented permit and/or license for one (1) year from the date revocation became effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the director finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a permit and/or license, if at least ninety (90) days have elapsed since the date the revocation became effective.
(d) After denial of an application by the director and governing authority, or denial of a renewal of an application, or suspension or revocation of a permit and/or license by the director, the applicant or licensee or permittee may seek prompt judicial review of such administrative action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The administrative action shall be promptly reviewed by the court.
(Ord. No. 01-02-601, § X, 2-20-01)
Source: City of Batesville, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/batesville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH8LIBURE_ARTVSEORBU_S8-110REFetched: 10/31/2026