(1) Issuance and Conditions.
(a) All
applications for any license required by this Title shall be made to the
Department of Licenses and Inspections.
(b) The Board shall set by
regulation the requirements and standards to be met by applicants for licenses
and the Department shall certify them to the Department of Licenses and
Inspections.
(c) The Department of Licenses and Inspections shall not
issue any license unless:
(.1) the fee prescribed by this Title is
paid;
(.2) such information or records as this Title may require are
furnished;
(.3) such inspections as may be required by this Title have
been made;
(.4) the person applying therefor and the establishment or
food for which such license is sought complies in every respect with this Title
and the requirements and standards required by the Board, as certified by the
Department.
(d) All licenses shall:
(.1) remain in force for
one year from the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked as hereafter
provided.
(.2) be publicly displayed in a conspicuous place within the
establishment where the activity or act licensed is principally
conducted.
(.3) be non-assignable and
non-transferable.
(.4) be conditioned upon continued compliance with
this Title and the Regulations of the Board issued under
it.
(2) Suspension of License or
Permit.
[30] (a) Whenever the
Department finds any person holding any license or permit has violated any of
its condition, and that such violation is willful or constitutes a menace to
public health requiring immediate corrective action, it shall certify such
violation to the Department of Licenses and Inspections which shall forthwith
suspend such license or permit.
(b) The Department of Licenses and
Inspections may thereafter revoke such licenses or permit in accordance with the
procedures set forth in § 6-503(3).
(c) While an appeal from the
suspension of any license or permit is pending, such suspension shall
nevertheless become immediately effective.
(3) Revocation of License or
Permit.
(a) Whenever the Department determines that any person holding
any license or permit has violated any of its conditions, it shall serve written
notice of the violations upon the holder of such license or permit stating the
nature of the violation and that compliance with all requirements of the license
or permit shall be achieved within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice.
Such notice may also describe a course of remedial action.
(b) If at
the expiration of the time accorded for compliance the violation has not been
corrected, the Department may make an official finding of violation and certify
such finding to the Department of Licenses and Inspections which shall forthwith
revoke such license or permit.
(c) Any person whose license or permit
has been suspended or revoked shall in addition thereto be liable to the
penalties and/or other remedial action prescribed by this
Title.
(d) While an appeal from the revocation of any license or permit
as hereinafter provided is pending, compliance with such revocation shall not be
required.