(A) General requirements. Any person who is or intends to be employed or working in any capacity, whether as an employee, working proprietor or independent contractor, in an adult entertainment establishment as an adult entertainment employee, shall obtain an adult entertainment employee license. The person seeking to become an adult entertainment employee shall apply for a license with the Codes Enforcement Officer. Such application shall be in writing, shall be on a form prescribed by the city, and the following information shall be provided:
(1) The name, including any other name or alias presently or formerly used by the applicant (e.g. "stage name"); present residence and business address; present residence and business telephone number; date and place of birth; social security number; dated, issuing state and number of drivers' license; height, weight, hair and eye color; a description of any distinguishing marks or tattoos; and a recent photograph of the applicant.
(2) The name and address of the adult entertainment establishment where the applicant intends to work, together with a written statement that he/she has received a copy of this chapter and that he/she will fully comply therewith.
(3) A statement detailing the applicant's work history for the five (5) year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether the applicant previously operated or was employed in an adult oriented entertainment business or activity or whether other similar license has been denied, revoked or suspended. In the event of any such denial, revocation, or suspension, the applicant shall list the name of the denying, issuing, or revoking jurisdiction, and state in full the reason for the denial, revocation, or suspension.
(4) A criminal record report for the applicant together with a statement whether within the last five (5) years the applicant has been convicted of any criminal activity described in § 114.04(E)(2) of this chapter, and if so, the specific criminal activity involved and the date, place and jurisdiction.
(B) Issuance process. The Codes Enforcement Office shall issue an adult entertainment employee license to an applicant if all provisions of this chapter and other applicable laws have been met. The Codes Enforcement Office shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the applicant has met all requirements for issuance of a license. The Codes Enforcement Office shall grant or deny a license application within ten days of the filing of such application. Procedures under § 114.04 for review of applications for adult entertainment establishment licenses, and for denial, suspension, and revocation of such licenses, and for appeal from such sanctions, shall apply also to licensing of adult entertainment employees and to licensing sanctions and appeal therefrom.
(C) License prohibitions. No adult entertainment employee license shall be issued if the applicant is less than eighteen (18) years of age or has been convicted of any of the offenses listed in § 114.04(E)(2) of this section within the five (5) years preceding the date of the application.
(D) License fees. Concurrent with the submission of the initial license application, the applicant for an adult entertainment employee license shall pay to the city a nonrefundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to help defray the costs of background check. Each adult entertainment employee shall pay to the city, in addition to the application fee, an annual employee license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00), which fee is due and payable upon the issuance of a license and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter. When the license is first issued, the annual fee may be prorated at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per month for the remaining months of the current license year, which prorated fee is due and payable upon the issuance of a license. No license fee shall be refunded.
(E) License renewal. Application for January 1 license renewals shall be made at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the current license for each year, to allow the Codes Enforcement Officer time to recheck that all requirements for Adult Entertainment Establishment Employees continue to be met by the applicant.
(Ord. 11-06-1, passed 11-13-06) Penalty, see § 114.99