Spokane Municipal Code

Title 08 Taxation and Revenue

Chapter 08.01 Business Registrations

Section 08.01.321 Denial, Revocation or Refusal to Renew License or Permit

1. The City of Spokane may refuse to issue, revoke, or refuse to renew any license issued under the provisions of this chapter. The City shall notify such applicant or registrant of the refusal to issue, revocation of, or refusal to renew and include on the notice what grounds such a decision was based. The City may refuse to issue, may revoke, or may refuse to renew any license issued under this chapter on one or more of the following grounds:

1. 1. The applicant or registrant has not made good tender of the license fee, failed to comply with local, state, or federal laws or requirements, or is otherwise ineligible for the license;

1. 2. The license was procured by fraud, or false representation of fact, or for the violation of, or failure to comply with, any of the provisions of this chapter by the person holding such license, or any of the person's servants, agents, or employees, while acting within the scope of their employment;

1. 3. The property at which the business is located has been determined by a court to be a chronic nuisance property as provided in SMC 10.68;

1. 4. The applicant or registrant is a person subject within the last ten years to a court order entering final judgment for violations of chapters 49.46, 49.48, or 49.52 RCW, and the judgment was not satisfied within 30 days of the later of either:

1. 1. 1. The expiration of the time for filing an appeal from the final judgment order under the court rules in effect at the time of the final judgment order, or

1. 1. 2. if a timely appeal is made, the date of the final resolution of that appeal and any subsequent appeals resulting in the final judicial affirmation of the findings of violations of chapters 49.46, 49.48, or 49.52 RCW.

1. 5. Within the last ten years the applicant or registrant is a person subject to a final and binding citation and notice of assessment from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for violations of chapters 49.46, 49.48 or 49.52 RCW, and the citation amount and penalties assessed therewith were not satisfied within 30 days of the date the citation became final and binding.

1. 6. An applicant or registrant has been convicted of an offense under Chapter 9A.88 RCW or a comparable law of another state, and no person convicted of an offense under Chapter 9A.60 RCW or a comparable law of another state, when such violation of Chapter 9A.60 RCW or comparable law of another state is related to the operation of a massage business or reflexology business as defined in RCW 18.108.010.

2. An applicant or registrant whose application has been denied, revoked, or refused to renew may file within fourteen days of the denial, revocation, or refusal to renew an appeal to the Hearing Examiner. The appeal shall contain a factual statement and legal grounds for the appeal and be filed with the City Clerk. The Hearing Examiner causes a verbatim record of testimony, and a file of documents introduced to be made and causes findings or conclusions on the issues in dispute to be made in writing as part of the record and affirms, overrules, modifies, or remands the decision appealed.

Date Passed: Monday, March 31, 2025

Effective Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025

ORD C36651 Section 16