A. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the properly completed application, the Chief of Police shall grant or deny the application and so notify the applicant as follows:
1. The Chief of Police shall write or stamp “Granted” or “Denied” on the application and date and sign such notation.
2. If the application is denied, the Chief of Police shall attach to the application a statement of the reasons for denial.
3. If the application is granted, the Chief of Police shall attach to the application an Adult-Oriented Business Employee Permit.
4. The application as granted or denied and the permit, if any, shall be placed in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, addressed to the applicant at the residence address stated in the application.
B. The Chief of Police shall grant the application and issue the permit unless the application is denied for one or more of the reasons set forth in Subsection D. of this Section.
C. If the Chief of Police grants the application or if the Chief of Police neither grants nor denies the application within thirty (30) days after it is stamped as received (except as provided in Subsection G. of Section 5.64.040), the applicant may begin performing in the capacity for which the license was sought.
D. The Chief of Police shall deny the application for any of the following reasons:
1. The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a permit or in any report or document required to be filed with the application;
2. The applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age;
3. The Adult-Oriented Business Employee Permit is to be used for performing in a business prohibited by State or City law;
4. The applicant has been registered in any state as a prostitute;
5. The applicant has been convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 5.64.040D.5.a. or convicted of an offense outside the State of California that would have constituted any of the described offenses if committed within the State of California. A permit may be issued to any person convicted of the described crimes if the conviction occurred more than five (5) years prior to the date of the application.
E. Each Adult-Oriented Business Performer Permit shall expire one (1) year from the date of issuance and may be renewed only by filing with the Chief of Police a written request for renewal, accompanied by the application fee and a copy of the permit to be renewed. The request for renewal shall be made at least thirty (30) days before the expiration date of the permit. When made less than thirty (30) days before the expiration date, the expiration of the permit will not be stayed. Applications for renewal shall be acted on as provided herein for application for permits.
[Ord. No. 332, Subsection 7 of Article 2, adopted 5/27/97; Ord. 462, Section 3, 5/9/07.]