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statute or regulation, or of any local ordinance, which adversely reflects on the person's ability to conduct the busine ss for which the license is being sought in an honest and legal manner. Those viola tions shall include but not be limited to burgla ry, theft, larceny, swindling, fraud, unlawful business practices and any form of ac tual or threa tened physical harm against another person; (3) The revocation within the past five years of any license issued to the applicant for the purpose of conducting business as a peddler, solicitor or transient merchant; and (4) The applicant is found to have a bad business reputation. Evidence of a bad business reputation shall include, but not be limited to, the existe nce of more than thre e complaints against the applicant with the Better Business Bureau, the Attorney General's offic e or other similar business or consumer rights office or agency, within the preceding 12 months. § 6 1 3 .06 LICENSE SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION. (1) Gen e rally. Any license issued unde r this section may be suspended or revoked at the disc retion of the City Council for violation of any of the following: (a) Fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statements on the application form; (b) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made during the course of the licensed activity; (c) Conviction of any offense for which granting of a lic ense could have bee n denied under § 613.05; and (d) Violation of any provision of this chapter. (2) M u ltip le perso n s under one license. The suspension or revocation of any license issued for the purpose of authorizing multiple persons to conduct business as peddlers or transient merchants on behalf of the license e shall serve as a suspension or revocation of each authorized person's authority to conduct business as a peddler or transient me rchant on beha lf of the licensee whose license is suspended or revoked. (3) No tic e. P rior to revoking or suspending any license issued under this cha pter, the city shall provide the license holder with written notice of the alleged violations and inform the licensee of his or her right to a hearing on the alleged violation. Notice sha ll be delivered in person or by mail to the local address given on the a pplication. (4) Pub lic h ea ring. Upon rec eiving the notice provided in division (3) of this section, the licensee shall have the right to request a public hearing. If no request for a hearing is re ceived by the City Clerk within ten regular business days following the service of the notice, the city may proceed with the suspension or revocation. For the purpose of mailed notices, service shall be considered complete as of the date the notice is placed in the mail. If a public hearing is requested within the state d time frame, a hearing shall be scheduled within 20 days from the date of the request. Within three regular business days of the hearing, the City Council shall notify the licensee of its decision. (5) Emergency. If, in the discretion of the City Council, imminent harm to the health or safety of the public may occur be cause of the actions of a peddler or transient merchant licensed under this chapter, the City Council ma y immediately suspend the person's license and provide notice of the right to hold a subsequent public hearing as prescribed in division (4) of this section. § 6 1 3 .07 LICENSE TRANSFERAB ILITY. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferred to any person other than the person to whom the lice nse was issued. § 6 1 3 .08 PROHIB ITED ACTIVITIES. (1) Sell or solicit before the hour of 9:00 a .m. or after one-ha lf hour past sunse t unless a previous appointment has been ma de. (2) Enter or conduct business upon any pre mise where a sign or plaque is conspicuously posted stating in effe ct that no peddlers or solicitors are allowed. The signs shall have letters a minimum of one-half inc h high. (3) Occ upy for the purpose of advertising and/or conducting business any area within a sight triangle, at a ny road intersection. (4) Occ upy a s a transient merchant, solicitor or peddler, any public right-of-way or other public property for the purpose of advertising a nd/or conducting business.