6.09.140 Denial, Suspension or Revocation of a Certificate of Registration.
(1) Upon review, the Licensing Officer shall refuse to issue a certificate to an applicant for any of the following reasons:
(a) for a temporary certificate:
(i) the application form is not complete;
(ii) the applicant fails to:
(A) establish proof of identity;
(B) provide a BCI background check; or
(C) pay fees;
(iii) the complete application or BCI background check indicate the applicant has a disqualifying status; or
(iv) the applicant has previously been denied a certificate by the City or has had a certificate revoked for grounds that still constitute a disqualifying status under this Chapter.
(b) for an annual certificate or renewal of an annual certificate:
(i) the information submitted by the applicant at the time of the granting of the temporary certificate is found to be incomplete or incorrect;
(ii) since the submission of a complete application, the applicant is subject to a previously undisclosed or unknown disqualifying status;
(iii) failure to pay fees;
(iv) since submission of the application, the City has received a substantiated report regarding past or present conduct of the applicant;
(v) since submission of the application, the City or other governmental entity has either criminally convicted or obtained a civil injunction against the applicant for violating this Chapter or a similar federal, State, or municipal law in a manner rising to the level of a disqualifying status; or
(vi) since submission of the application, a final civil judgment has been entered against the applicant indicating that:
(A) the applicant engaged in fraud or intentional misrepresentation; or
(B) a debt of the applicant was non-dischargeable in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(6), or (a)(19).
(2) The City shall either suspend or revoke a certificate when any of the reasons warranting denial of a certificate occurs.
(3) If Licensing Officer denies an applicant’s complete application or suspends a registered solicitor’s certificate, the Officer shall cause written notice to be sent to the applicant or registered solicitor by the method indicated in the complete application. The notice shall specify the grounds for denial or suspension, the documentation or information the City relied on to make the decision, the availability of the documentation for review by the applicant upon one (1) business day’s notice to the City, and the date upon which the denial or suspension of the certificate shall take effect. The written notice shall further state that the applicant or registered solicitor shall have ten (10) business days from receipt of the notice of denial or suspension to appeal the same. Denial or suspension of a certificate shall be effective no sooner than two (2) calendar days from the date the notice is sent, unless suspension is because of exigent circumstances set forth in Section 6.09.030(34)(C)(iv) of this Chapter, in which case, the suspension shall be effective immediately. The denial or suspension shall remain effective unless and until the order is rescinded, overturned on appeal, or determined by a court to be contrary to equity or law. Failure to appeal suspension of a certificate shall result in its revocation.