HomeMy WebLinkAbout1919Ordinance No. 1919
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=175 - Business Licenses
Passed 5/19/1975
Providing for a procedure for the revocation of Kent Business Licenses
Amended by Ord. 2383
Repealed by Ord. 3035
Amended by Ord. 4001 (Ch. 5.01)
ORDINANCE NO. Iq_ Iq_
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Q3 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Wash-
ington, providing for a procedure for the
revocation of Kent Business Licenses.
WHEREAS, certain business practices are detrimental to
the general well-being of the citizens of the City of Kent, NOW,
THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. REVOCATION OF BUSINESS LICENSES. The City
Council of the City of Kent is hereby empowered to revoke the Ken
Business License of a business operating in the City when, pur-
suant to the procedures hereinafter established, it finds any of
the following:
(1) That the business has engaged in a continuing
pattern of false and misleading advertising;
(2) That the business has engaged in oppresive,
harrassing bill collecting techniques which
unreasonably interfere with the debtor's well-
being;
(3) That the business has engaged in conduct which
is injurious to the citizens of Kent.
Section 2. COMPLAINT. When a citizen of the City of
Kent has a complaint concerning the business practices of a busi-
ness operating within the City he shall make a written complaint
in a form prescribed by the City Clerk and give such complaint to
the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall transmit all such complaint
to the City Council at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
Section 3. HEARING. At such time as the Council, or
an appropriate committee thereof, finds that there are reasonable
grounds to believe that the business has engaged in any of the
acts listed in Section 1, above, it shall order the City Clerk to
send a written notice to those persons whose names are on the
Kent Business license at the address shown on the license that a
public hearing will be held to determine whether the Kent Busines
License should be revoked. The hearing shall be set at a time
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not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days from
the date of the notice. If the Council concludes that the busi-
ness has engaged in the acts listed in Section 1, above, it shall
order the Kent Business License of the business to be revoked.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and
publication, as provided by law.
ISABEL HOGAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
AP OVED AS TO FORM:
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DONALD E. MIRK, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED the / day of May, 1975.
APPROVED the x �� day of May, 1975.
PUBLISHED the day of May, 1975.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as
hereon indicated.
d�/r 4G &.(SEAL)
TY CLERK
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