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• • Lino Lakes - Business and Activity Licenses d) The applicant is found to have a bad business reputation. Evidence of a bad business reputation shall include, but not be limited to, the existence of more than three complaints against the applicant with the Better Business Bureau, the Attorney General's Office, or other similar business or consumer rights office or agency, within the preceding 12 months. NEW LANGUAGE FROM LMC MODEL CODE (WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE BEFORE BUT BACKS UP INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK OR A BAD BUSINESS REPUTATION BECAUSE OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE BUSINESS) § 613.06 - DROTHiBITED PRACTICES LICENSE SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION. (1) Generally. Any license issued under this section may be suspended or revoked at the discretion of the City Council for violation of any of the following: a) Fraud, misprepresentation 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 license could have been denied under Section 613.05. d) Violation of any provision of this chapter. (2) Multiple persons 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 licensee shall serve as a suspension or revocation of each authorized person's authority to conduct business as a peddler or transient merchant on behalf of the licensee whose license is suspended or revoked. (3) Notice. Prior to revoking or suspending any license issued under this chapter, the city shall provide the license holder with written notice of the alleged violations and inform the licensee of his or her riqht to a hearing on the alleged violation. Notice shall be delivered in person or by mail to the local address given on the application. (4) Public Hearing. Upon receivingthe 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 received by the City Clerk within ten (10) 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 stated time frame, a hearing shall be scheduled within twenty (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 because of the actions of a peddler or transient merchant