(A) To receive a license to operate an adult entertainment establishment, an applicant must meet the following standards:
(1) If the applicant is an individual:
(a) The applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.
(b) The applicant shall not have been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, prostitution, obscenity, or other crime of a sexual nature in any jurisdiction within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(c) The applicant shall not have been found to have previously violated this chapter or a substantially similar ordinance within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(2) If the applicant is a corporation:
(a) All officers, directors, and stockholders required to be named under § 122.03(B) shall be at least 18 years of age.
(b) No officer, director, or stockholder
required to be named under § 122.03(B) shall have been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, prostitution, obscenity, or other crime of a sexual nature in any jurisdiction within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(c) No officer, director, or stockholder required to be named under § 122.03(B) shall have been found to have previously violated this chapter or a substantially similar ordinance within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(3) If the applicant is a partnership, joint venture, or any other type of organization where two or more persons have a financial interest:
(a) All persons having a financial interest in the partnership, joint venture, or other type of organization shall be at least 18 years of age.
(b) No person having a financial interest in the partnership, joint venture, or other type of organization shall have been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, prostitution, obscenity, or other crime of a sexual nature in any jurisdiction within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(c) No person having a financial interest in the partnership, joint venture, or other type of organization shall have been found to have violated any provision of this chapter or a substantially similar ordinance within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(B) No license shall be issued unless the City Department of Public Safety has investigated the applicant's qualifications to be licensed. The results of that investigation shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk no later than 14 days after the date of the application.
(Ord. 413-12-96, passed 12-16-96)