(A) To receive a license to operate an adult-oriented 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 7 years immediately preceding the date of the application; and
(c) The applicant shall not have been found to have previously violated this chapter, or any similar municipal ordinance or state law, within 7 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 § 112.16(B) shall be at least 18 years of age;
(b) No officer, director or stockholder required to be named under § 112.16(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 7 years immediately preceding the date of the application; and
(c) No officer, director or stockholder required to be named under § 112.16(B) shall have been found to have previously violated this chapter, or any similar municipal ordinance or state law, within 7 years immediately preceding the date of application.
(3) If the applicant is a partnership, joint venture, or any other type of organization where 2 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 persons 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 7 years immediately preceding the date of the application; and
(c) No persons 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 any similar municipal ordinance or state law, within 7 years immediately preceding the date of this application.
(B) No license shall be issued unless the Police Department and/or agency then providing police service to the township has investigated the applicant’s qualifications to be licensed. The results of that investigation shall be filed in writing with the Township Clerk no later than 30 days after the date of the application.
(C) If the Police Department and/or agency then providing police services to the township is aware of any information bearing on the operator’s qualifications, that information shall be filed in writing with the Township Clerk.
(Ord. 374.4, passed 5-11-2000)