(b) The application shall be denied if:
(1) The application is incomplete, contains any false information or fails to comply with these regulations;
(2) If the applicant is a limited partnership, corporation or other entity, the applicant is not in good standing in the jurisdiction where organized;
(3) The operation of an adult entertainment business establishment at the specified premises would violate existing zoning restrictions;
(4) The report of the building, health and safety inspections conducted pursuant to Section 707.06(a) reveal any illegal, unsanitary, unsafe or hazardous condition on the premises subject to the permit or renewal permit or any violation of applicable health or safety codes;
(5) The applicant for a permit or renewal permit to operate an adult entertainment business establishment has failed to cooperate with any required building, health or safety inspection or background investigation;
(6) The applicant or any person named in the application for a permit or renewal to operate an adult entertainment business is under age eighteen (18);
(7) The applicant or any person named in the application for an initial or renewal permit to operate an adult entertainment business within the past five years has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2907 or substantially equivalent offense under a municipal ordinance in Ohio, or under the laws of another state or territory or of the United States, or under a municipal ordinance in any such jurisdiction;
(8) The Liquor Control Commission has revoked, under Ohio Revised Code 4301.25, a permit held by any one of the persons named on the application;
(9) The applicant has violated these regulations, or aided and abetted any violation of these regulations;
(10) If the location of the adult entertainment business is within 1,500 feet from the boundaries or a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, library, public park, tavern, bar or another adult entertainment business;
(11) If the location of the adult entertainment business is within 1,000 feet from the boundaries of any residential district;
(12) If the building, structure or portion thereof already contains another adult entertainment business, a bar or tavern.
(c) If the application is denied, the Safety-Service Director shall promptly notify the applicant in writing of the order denying the application. If approved, the Director shall promptly issue to the applicant a permit.
(d) A permit or renewal permit to operate an adult entertainment business establishment shall contain the address of the permit premises, the name and address of the permit holder, and the date of issuance and date of expiration of the permit.
(Ord. 96-2985. Passed 12-19-96.)