§ 20-299. Suspension and revocation of permits.

(a)

An individual commercial solicitation permit may be suspended for up to 30 days which may be imposed concurrently or sequentially for a first or second violation of this Code of Ordinances, regulations promulgated for solicitation or conditions of the permit. A third violation shall cause revocation of the permit for the remainder of the term of the permit and/or debarment from application for one or more additional years. The master permit may be revoked upon exceeding the total number of suspensions or revocations of the individual permits authorized under the master permit. For each master permit, no more than one suspension or revocation of an individual permit shall be allowed for every two individual permits operating under master permit; however, the allowable total number of suspensions or revocations for a master permit with six or less individual permits operating under the master permit shall be three suspensions or revocations. During a period of suspension or revocation of an individual permit, the holder shall not solicit on the beach or approaches or wear the identifying clothing. The photo identification card shall be surrendered to the beach director for the period. During a period of revocation of a master permit, the holder and any individual permit holders under the master permit shall not solicit on the beach or approaches or wear the identifying clothing. The photo identification card of all individual permit holders under the master permit shall be surrendered to the beach director for the period. The dates of suspension, revocation and/or debarment shall be determined by the beach director.

(b)

In the event an individual permit holder or master permit holder has been issued a permit for the same purpose by a municipality within the county, the beach director shall suspend or revoke the county permit for same period or shall debar an applicant for the same period that the issuing municipality does for violation of the municipality's commercial solicitation ordinance. For this provision to be invoked, the beach director shall determine that if the municipality's solicitation ordinance is substantially equivalent to this article in terms of permit requirements, provisions for suspension, revocation, and debarment and provision for administrative appeal. The beach director's determination of substantial equivalency may be appealed in the same manner as a final order hereinafter provided.

(Ord. No. 99-15, § X, 5-13-99; Ord. No. 00-07, § V, 3-9-00)