§ 55-26. Grounds for suspension and/or revocation of license; hearing.

A. 

Any license issued hereunder may be suspended or revoked for a period to be determined by the Town Clerk if the holder thereof shall violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder, or of any local law or ordinance of the Town or if the holder thereof shall be convicted of a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, except parking violations, or of any ordinance or regulation of the State of New York or of any municipality of the State of New York, or of any crime or if the holder thereof shall be guilty of making a false statement or misrepresentation in his/her application. A license hereunder shall not be suspended or revoked by the Town Clerk without a hearing having been held thereupon not less than five business days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the licensee, either in person or by registered or certified mail.

B. 

The Town Clerk, upon receiving information giving him/her reasonable cause to believe that the holder of any license issued hereunder has violated any provision of this chapter or has been convicted of any violation referred to in this section or is guilty of having made a false statement or misrepresentation in his/her application, may temporarily suspend forthwith such license until such time as a hearing is held by the Town Clerk as provided hereinabove and the Town Clerk shall have rendered his/her determination thereon.

C. 

Violation of the following prohibition shall be a ground upon which the Town Clerk may suspend any towing license pursuant to final disposition in the manner set forth above: No person shall give or offer to give any payment, fee, reward or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, for obtaining information of a disabled vehicle, and it shall be unlawful to have printed any card or other notice offering to give a payment, fee reward or other thing of value for such information.