(a) Within five days of receipt of an application for an escort agency license, the Building Commissioner shall notify the Brook Park Police Chief of such application. In making such notification, the Building Commissioner shall request that the Police Chief promptly investigate the information provided in the application concerning the criminal background of the applicant or applicants.
(b) Within thirty-five days after receipt of a completed escort agency license application, the Building Commissioner shall approve or deny the issuance of the license. The Building Commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant to operate an escort agency unless he or she determines that one or more of the following findings is true:
(1) An applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal activity, as defined in Section 766.01 of this chapter.
(2) An applicant who is a natural person is under eighteen years of age.
(3) An applicant is overdue in payment to the City of taxes, fees, fines or penalties assessed against or imposed upon him or her in relation to any business.
(4) An applicant has failed to provide information reasonably necessary for issuance of the license, as requested on the application form, or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
(5) An applicant has been denied an escort agency license or has had a license to operate an escort agency revoked within the preceding twelve months by any jurisdiction.
(6) An applicant is in violation of or is not in compliance with any provision of this chapter.
(c) If the Building Commissioner determines that no other grounds for denial of a license exist under subsection (b) hereof, the Building Commissioner shall not delay approval of the application past the end of the thirty-five-day period provided in this section solely because the Police Chief has not provided the results of his or her investigation of the criminal background of the applicant or applicants. If, after approving the issuance of a license, the Building Commissioner receives information from the Police Chief concerning his or her investigation which the Building Commissioner determines to be grounds for denial of a license under subsection (b) hereof, then the escort agency license issued pursuant to this subsection shall be immediately revoked.
(d) An escort agency license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is granted, the expiration date, and the address of the licensed escort agency. All escort agency licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the business so that they may be easily read at any time.
(e) Whenever an escort agency license is denied, the Building Commissioner shall advise the applicant in writing of the reason or reasons for such denial.
(Ord. 8399-1997. Passed 1-27-98.)