(A) Upon determination an application is complete, the City Clerk shall promptly grant the application and issued the adult-oriented business permit unless:
(1) The building, structure, equipment, or location used by the business for which an adult- oriented business permit is required does not comply with the requirements and standards of the health, zoning, fire, and safety laws of the city and the state, or with the requirements of this chapter and § 153.120.030.
(2) The applicant, his or her employee, agent, partner, director, officer, shareholder, or manager has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of material fact in the application for an adult-oriented business permit.
(3) An applicant, his or her partner, or any director, officer, or 25% or greater shareholder of an applicant corporation is under 18 years of age.
(4) The required application fee has not been paid.
(5) Within the past five years, the applicant, his or her partner, or any director, officer, or 25% or greater shareholder of an applicant corporation has been convicted of or plead guilty or nolo contendre to any of the following offenses: Cal. Penal Code, §§ 243.4, 261, 266a, 266b, 266d, 266e, 266f, 266g, 266h, 266i, 266j, 267, 288, 314, 315, 316, 318, 653.22 or Cal. Penal Code, § 647(a), (b) or (d); any offense requiring registration under provisions of either Cal. Penal Code, § 290 or Cal. Health and Safety Code, § 11590; or any felony offense involving the possession, possession for sale, sale, transportation, furnishing, giving away, of a controlled substance specified in Cal. Health and Safety Code, §§ 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057 or 11058, or any equivalent violation of the code of another state; or has had an adult oriented permit revoked by this city or any other governmental entity within the past three years.
(B) If the City Clerk grants the application or if the City Clerk neither grants nor denies the application within 30 days after it is stamped as received (except as provided in § 124.050(A)), the applicant may begin operating the adult-oriented business for which the permit was sought, subject to strict compliance with the development and performance standards and requirements of this chapter, including but not limited to the requirements of § 124.120.
(Ord. 1117, passed 9-4-96; Am. Ord. 1301, passed 4-4-07)