Spokane Municipal Code

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division V. Code Enforcement and Animal Regulations

Chapter 10.72 Adult Arcades

Section 10.72.180 Revocation of Licenses

1. The licensing administrator shall revoke a license if a cause of suspension in SMC 10.72.170 occurs and the license has been suspended within the preceding twelve months.

2. The licensing administrator shall also revoke a license if he determines that:

1. 1. a licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises;

1. 2. a licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises;

1. 3. a licensee or an employee has knowingly operated the adult arcade business during a period of time when the licensee’s license was suspended;

1. 4. a 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;

1. 5. a licensee is delinquent in payment to the City for any taxes or fees;

1. 6. the owner or operator of the adult arcade premises has knowingly allowed a person under eighteen years of age to enter an establishment;

1. 7. there was a change of owner or operator for which a transfer application was not timely filed.

3. When the licensing administrator revokes a license for a violation of subsection (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), (B)(4) or (B)(6) of this section, the revocation shall continue for one year and the licensee shall not be issued a license for adult arcade premises for one year from the date revocation became effective.

1. 1. If, subsequent to revocation, the licensing administrator finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a license if at least ninety days have elapsed since the date the revocation became effective.

4. For the conviction of the licensee of a crime or offense involving prostitution, promoting prostitution, a liquor law violation or transaction involving controlled substances as defined in chapter 69.50 RCW, or a violation of chapter 9.68 RCW or chapter 9.68A RCW committed on the premises, or the conviction of the licensee’s servant, agent or employee of a crime or offense involving prostitution, promoting prostitution, liquor law violations or transactions involving controlled substances as defined in chapter 69.50 RCW, or a violation of chapter 6.68A RCW committed on the premises in which his adult entertainment establishment is conducted when the licensee knew or should have known of the violations committed by the servant, agent or employee.

1. 1. A license may be suspended or revoked under this subsection only if the conviction occurred within twenty-four months of the date of the decision to suspend or revoke the license.

Date Passed: Monday, October 3, 2022

Effective Date: Monday, October 3, 2022

ORD C36289 Section 5