Action on application—Refusal grounds.

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.02.090

in effect

6.02.090 - Action on application—Refusal grounds. (A) Other than an application for a license which requires prior approval by an agency of the State, an application for a license which requires formal approval of the Council to which the exemptions in LVMC 6.02.070(E)(1)—(4) do not apply, or a license that is subject to the provisions of LVMC Chapter 6.06, the Director, not more than thirty calendar days after receipt of an application for a license, shall approve with or without conditions, deny or take such other action with respect to such application as the Director considers appropriate. The Director may consult with other City departments and agencies with jurisdiction in order to determine what action is appropriate. In the event that any other department or agency that the Director consults regarding an application is unable to complete its review thereof in time for the Director to comply with such thirty-calendar-day requirement, the Director shall issue a temporary license as provided in LVMC 6.02.070. The Director may: (1) Deny an applicant a license if: (a) The application is incomplete or the application or supplemental application information furnished pursuant to the written request of the Director contains false, misleading or fraudulent statements with respect to any information that is required in the application; (b) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals fails to satisfy any qualification or requirement that is imposed by this Code, or other local, State or Federal law or regulation that pertains to the particular license or approval for suitability which is sought; (c) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals resides in the United States illegally; (d) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals is engaged in a business, trade or profession without having obtained a valid license, an approval for suitability, a permit or a work card when such applicant or any of its principals knew that one was required or under such circumstances that they reasonably should have known one was required; (e) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals has been subject, in any jurisdiction, to disciplinary action of any kind with respect to a license, an approval for suitability, a permit or a work card to the extent that such disciplinary action reflects upon the qualification, acceptability or fitness of the applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals; (f) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals has committed an act that constitutes a crime which involves moral turpitude or involves any local, State or Federal law or regulation which relates to the same or a similar business, or has been convicted of having solicited, encouraged, caused or procured another to commit such a violation. For purposes of this Paragraph, a crime involving moral turpitude is one that necessarily involves any of the following: an intent to defraud; intentional dishonesty for personal gain; intentional causing of serious injury to another person; the sale of narcotics or possession of narcotics with intent to sell; or a sexual offense as described in NRS 179D.097; (g) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals has perpetrated, or solicited, encouraged, caused or procured another to perpetrate, a deceptive practice upon the public; (h) The applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals suffers from a legal disability under the laws of the State; (i) The premises on which the business is proposed to be conducted, or the business activity proposed to be conducted, do not satisfy local, State or Federal laws or regulations which pertain to the premises or to the activity that is proposed to be engaged in; (j) The proposed business activity constitutes, promotes, fosters, aids or otherwise enables a private nuisance, public nuisance or chronic nuisance; (k) Substantial information exists which tends to show that the applicant, prospective licensee or any of its principals is dishonest or corrupt; or (l) The required license fees have not been paid in advance. (2) Decline to renew a license if: (a) The licensee or any of its principals is engaged, or has commenced, instituted, advertised, aided, carried on, continued or engaged, in a business, trade or profession without having obtained a valid license, an approval for suitability, a permit or a work card when such a person knew that one was required or under such circumstances that they reasonably should have known one was required, or has solicited, encouraged, caused or procured another to do so; (b) The licensee, any of its principals, or their employees or those acting on their behalf, have been subject, in any jurisdiction, to disciplinary action of any kind with respect to a license, an approval for suitability, a permit or a work card to the extent that such disciplinary action reflects upon the qualification, acceptability or fitness of such licensee or any principal; (c) The licensee, any of its principals, or their employees or those acting on their behalf, have committed an act that constitutes a crime which involves moral turpitude or involves any local, State or Federal law or regulation which relates to the same or a similar business, or have been convicted of having solicited, encouraged, caused or procured another to commit such a violation; (d) The licensee, any of its principals, or their employees or those acting on their behalf, have violated a condition which is imposed upon the license; (e) The licensee, any of its principals, or their employees or those acting on their behalf, have perpetrated a deceptive practice upon the public; (f) The licensee or any of its principals suffers from a legal disability under the laws of the State; (g) The premises on which the business is conducted do not satisfy local, state or federal laws or regulations which pertain to the activity which is actually engaged in; (h) The business activity constitutes, promotes, causes, allows, fosters, aids, or otherwise enables a private nuisance, public nuisance or chronic nuisance, or has been or is being conducted in an unlawful, illegal or impermissible manner, including but not limited to causing, allowing, promoting, fostering, aiding, enabling, exercising deliberate ignorance towards or failing to abate a private nuisance, public nuisance or chronic nuisance; (i) Substantial information exists which tends to show that the licensee or any of its principals is dishonest or corrupt; or (j) The required license fees for the next license period have not been paid in advance. (B) In order to decline renewal of a license pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection (A) of this Section, the Director must first: (1) Obtain the written approval of the City Attorney's Office; and (2) Mail or deliver to the licensee, at least twenty-one days before the licensing period expires, written notice of the nonrenewal, including a generalized statement of the reasons therefor. A failure by the City Attorney's Office to respond within three business days to a request for approval under this Subsection shall be deemed an approval thereunder. (C) The Director shall base a decision to deny, revoke, suspend or fail to renew any license sought or obtained under this Chapter upon the objective criteria set forth in Subsection (A) and not upon a desire or need to suppress or censor expressive material, or to address conduct that does not constitute or aid and abet criminal conduct or activity or other conduct harmful to the public health, safety, welfare, morals and peace. (Ord. No. 6594, § 2, 8-16-17; Ord. No. 6164, § 7, 11-2-11; Ord. 5998 § 3, 2008: Ord. 5964 § 1, 2008: Ord. 5873 § 5, 2006: Ord. 5081 § 7, 1998: Ord. 3485 § 1, 1990: Ord. 2186 § 2 (part), 1981: prior code § 5-1-16)

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