If a permit applied for or granted under this chapter is denied or revoked, the animal control officer shall not grant a new permit to the same person for the same activity at the same location for two years after the date of the denial or revocation unless the applicant demonstrates and/or the animal control officer determines by investigation or inspection upon a preponderance of the evidence, in which the burden of proof is upon the applicant, that the grounds upon which the application was denied or the permit revoked no longer exists. (Ord. 2185 NCS §2 (part), 2004.)