(a) Upon receipt of an application properly filed with the Town, and upon payment of the non-refundable application fee, the Town's Zoning Administrator shall immediately stamp the application as received and shall immediately thereafter transmit photocopies of the application to all Town agencies responsible for enforcement of health, fire and building codes and state and federal laws. Each department or agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the applicant, application and the proposed sexually oriented business in accordance with its responsibilities under applicable law and as set forth in this division. Said investigation shall be completed within twenty (20) days of receipt of the application by the Town's Zoning Administrator. At the conclusion of its investigation, each department or agency shall indicate on the photocopy of the application its approval or disapproval of the application, date it, sign it and, in the event the department or agency recommends disapproval of the application, the reasons therefor.
(b) A department or agency shall recommend disapproval of an application if it finds that the proposed sexually oriented business will be in violation of any provision of any applicable statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other law in effect in the Town. After indicating its recommendation of approval or disapproval of an application, each department or agency shall immediately return the photocopy of the application to the Town's Zoning Administrator, who shall forward the application and any accompanying materials to the Town of Dyer Department of Planning and Zoning for consideration.
(Ord. No. 2007-33, 12-27-07)