§ 17.5-8. Lodging accommodation license—Suspension or revocation.

The lodging accommodation license shall be subject to suspension or revocation upon good cause shown at a hearing conducted by either the lodging accommodation review committee or the parish council, within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date of the last qualifying occurrence, as documented by ICE or PMZ, or the parish sheriff's office, that the bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental has engaged in any of the following since issuance of its current lodging accommodation license:

(1)

Failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter or with applicable provisions of this Code.

(2)

Refusal and/or failure to remedy building, zoning, or other code violations in accordance with a judicial order and/or order of the bureau of administrative adjudication.

(3)

Noncompliance with section 20-65 of chapter 2—offenses and miscellaneous provisions of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances.

(4)

Three (3) or more felony drug-related independent incidents resulting in arrests where the offense occurred on bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental property by a guest in a period of ninety (90) days, except when the arrest is the result of notification to and/or in direct cooperation with law enforcement by lodging accommodation management.

(5)

Three (3) or more prostitution-related independent incidents resulting in arrests where the offense occurred on bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental property by a guest in a period of ninety (90) days except when the arrest is the result of notification to and/or in direct cooperation with law enforcement by lodging accommodation management.

(6)

Except when the result of bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental management notifying or directly cooperating with law enforcement, ten (10) or more verified calls for service regarding hotels or motels, and five (5) or more verified calls for service regarding bed and breakfasts or short-term rentals within a thirty (30) day period regarding the following activities on the property of the bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental: illegal felony drug activity, prostitution, or violent felony crimes.

(7)

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office shall provide a copy of the initial report of a verified call for service to the bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, or short-term rental manager or his/her designee at which any arrest or verified call for service as noted in subsections (2), (3) and (4) herein occurs within thirty (30) days of the occurrence of the arrest or verified call for service.

(8)

Failure to timely apply for, renew, or post the lodging accommodation license.

(Ord. No. 25513 , § 1, 2-21-18; Ord. No. 25599 , § 1, 6-27-18)