.010 No sex-oriented business permit shall be sold, transferred or assigned by any permit holder, or by operation of law, to any other person, group, partnership, corporation or any other entity, without compliance with the provisions of subsection 18.54.070.020, and any such sale, transfer or assignment, or attempted sale, transfer, or assignment shall be deemed to constitute a voluntary surrender of such permit, and such permit shall be thereafter null and void. A sex-oriented business permit held by an individual in a corporation or partnership is subject to the same rules of transferability as contained above.
.020 The Planning Director or his or her designee shall issue an amendment to the permit substituting the transferee, if the following requirements are met:
.0201 The permit holder submits a request to the Planning Director requesting the transfer.
.0202 The transferee has completed and properly filed an application for a sex-oriented business permit, on the form provided by the city, with the Planning Director or his/her designee, setting forth the information called for under Section 18.54.030.
.0203 The sex-oriented business is not in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
.0204 The transferee pays a transfer fee in the amount set by resolution of the City Council.
.0205 The permit holder has not been notified by the City that revocation proceedings have been or will be brought against the permit holder.
.030 If the decision of the Planning Director is that the transfer does not meet the requirements of subsection .020, the Planning Director shall furnish written notice of the decision within ten (10) business days of the submittal of the completed application for a transfer, summarizing the reasons for the denial of the transfer. The permit holder may file a request for a hearing with the Planning Director, utilizing the procedures and time limitations for a permit revocation set forth in Section 18.54.080.
.040 Any change in the nature or composition of the sex-oriented business from one type of sex-oriented business use to another type of sex-oriented business use shall render the permit null and void.
.050 A sex-oriented business permit shall be valid only for the exact location specified in the permit.
.060 The transfer of a permit for a sex-oriented business permit shall not impact or impair in any way the City's right to revoke or terminate the sex-oriented business permit for any reason permitted by this chapter, including grounds which existed prior to the transfer of the permit. (Ord. 5920 § 1 (part); June 8, 2004: Ord. 6245 § 76; June 5, 2012.)