<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-133. - Permanent revocation.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Procedure.</span> The license for the operation of an adult establishment shall be revoked for any
               major violation of this article or any other action or failure to take action by the
               licensee which poses a direct and immediate threat to the public health or safety,
               including, but not limited to, the following:
               
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               (1)
               
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               Providing false or misleading information on the application;
               
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               (2)
               
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               Possessing, using or selling any illegal drug or controlled substance, as those terms
               are defined by the General Statutes of North Carolina on the business premises;
               
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               (3)
               
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               Prostitution occurring on the premises or the conviction for any violations referred
               to in<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH14BU_ARTIVADESEN_S14-129PRAP" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> section 14-129</a>(d)(8), of any person whose name is required to be disclosed on the application or
               any employee of the business, even if the events occurred off the premises;
               
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               (4)
               
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               Operating the premises during any period of suspension;
               
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               (5)
               
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               Violation of<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH14BU_ARTIVADESEN_S14-127PRLIRE" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> section 14-127</a>(a);
               
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               (6)
               
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               Permitting or allowing any sexual intercourse, masturbation, oral copulation or sodomy
               to occur on the licensed premises;
               
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               (7)
               
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               Failing to pay any tax, fee or other charge imposed on the business or against the
               premises on which the business is located;
               
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               (8)
               
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               Two or more suspensions of the license during the two-year period immediately preceding
               the revocation.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Reinstatement.</span> A revocation shall be permanent and neither the applicant nor any person whose name
               is required to be set forth on the application shall thereafter be issued a license
               to operate an adult establishment. Provided, however, if the revocation has been in
               effect for at least six months, the license may be reinstated or a new license applied
               for and issued if it is determined that:
               
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               (1)
               
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               The grounds for the revocation have been corrected or abated;
               
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               (2)
               
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               Are unlikely to occur again; and
               
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               (3)
               
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               There has been no other prior revocation.
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 14-113; Ord. of 2-21-1995, Â§ 1)
               
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