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4.4 Any licensee shall immediately report to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department any attempt to sell, trade or barter any merchandise with a serial number that has been removed, altered, obliterated or otherwise defaced in violation of state law. 4.5 No licensed premises shall open for business before 8:00 a.m. or remain open after 9:00 p.m. on any day of the week. SECTION 5. Revocation, Appeal. A license may be suspended or revoked for failure to comply with this Ordinance or the provisions of Minnesota Statutes incorporated herein. 5.1 No expiration, revocation, suspension, or surrender of any license shall impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful contract between the licensee and anypledgor. 5.2 The City Clerk shall suspend a pawnbroker license where compliance with the licensing conditions of city ordinances cannot be obtained. The suspension shall extend for three months or until the license holder demonstrates compliance with this ordinance and other applicable law to the city- The City Clerk shall revoke the license of a pawnbroker in the event of confirmed noncompliance with this ordinance or other applicable law, conviction of the license holder or an employee of the licensed operation of a crime which would make the person ineligible to maintain a pawnbroker license under Minn. Stat. § 3251.03, or where the licensed operation has been. discontinued. 5.3 The holder of a license whose license has been suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal the decision to the City Council. To request an appeal, a written letter or request must be submitted to the City Clerk within 30 days of the adverse license action. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the appeal, using the notification procedures in section 3.2. After conducting the public hearing, the Council may uphold the adverse action taken by the Clerk, overturn the findings of the Clerk allow the license to continue, reduce a revocation to a suspension for a term set by the council, or allow continuation with additional conditions imposed upon the license.. 5.4 When applying additional conditions or ordering a suspension, the Council may direct that it receive a follow-up report at a time prior to the . annual license renewal. 5.5 The City Clerk shall notify the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department of any licensee whose license has expired or been surrendered, suspended, or revoked as provided by this chapter.