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(5) Demonstrated inability to operate or manage a sexually oriented business in a peaceful and law-abiding manner resulting in law enforcement actions at, on or around the premises. Sec. 18.292. Revocation. (a) The chief of police shall revoke a sexually oriented business license if a cause of suspension in section 18.291 occurs and the license has been suspended within the preceding 12 months. (b) The chief of police shall revoke a license if he determines that: (1) A licensee gave false or misleading information on the material submitted during the application process; (2) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use or sale of controlled substances on the premises; (3) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises; (4) A licensee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the license was suspended; (5) A licensee has been convicted of an offense listed in section 18.288(a)(8)a for which the time period required in section 18.288(a)(8)b has not elapsed; (6) On two or more occasions within a 12-month period, a person committed a criminal offense in or on the licensed premises and the criminal offense is listed in section 18.288(a)(8)a, for which a conviction has been obtained, and the person was an employee of the sexually oriented business at the time the offense was committed; (7) A licensee or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation or sexual contact to occur in or on the licensed premises. The term "sexual contad' has the same meaning as defined in V.T.C.A., Penal Code S 21.01; or (8) A licensee is delinquent in payment to the city for hotel occupancy taxes, ad valorem taxes or sales taxes related to the sexually oriented business. ( c) The fact that a conviction is being appealed has no effect on the revocation of the license. 15