(A) Within 40 days of the initial filing date of the completed application under § 115.020(C) of this chapter, the Community Development Department shall issue a license to the applicant or issue to the applicant a letter of intent to deny the application. The Community Development Department shall approve the issuance of a license unless one or more of the following is found by a preponderance of evidence to be true:
(1) An applicant is less than 18 years of age;
(2) An applicant has failed to provide information as required by § 115.020 of this chapter for issuance of a license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form;
(3) The license application fee required by this chapter has not been paid;
(5) In the case of a sexually-oriented business license application, the premises is not in compliance with the interior configuration requirements of this chapter.
(B) Upon the filing of a completed application for a sexually-oriented business employee license, the Community Development Department shall issue a temporary license to the applicant, which temporary license shall expire upon the final decision of the city to deny or grant the license. Within 40 days of the initial filing date of the receipt of a completed application, the Community Development Department shall either issue a license or issue a written notice of intent to deny a license to the applicant. The Community Development Department shall approve the issuance of a license unless one or more of the following is found by a preponderance of evidence to be true:
(1) The applicant is less than 18 years of age;
(2) The applicant has failed to provide information as required by § 115.020 of this chapter for issuance of a license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form;
(3) The license application fee required by this section has not been paid; and
(4) The applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal activity, as defined in this chapter, or has been shown to have committed a violation of §§ 115.023(A) or 115.26(B) of this chapter within the previous year.
(C) The license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is granted, the number of the license issued to the licensee(s), the expiration date and, if the license is for a sexually-oriented business, the address of the sexually-oriented business. The sexually-oriented business license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the sexually-oriented business so that it may be easily read at any time. A sexually-oriented business employee shall keep the employee’s license on his or her person or on the premises where the licensee is then working or performing and shall produce such license for inspection upon request by a law enforcement officer or other city official performing functions connected with the enforcement of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 14.18.050) (Ord. 98-16, passed 4-23-1998; Ord. 05-04, passed 2-3-2005)