(A) No person shall engage in, conduct, carry on or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises within the city the operation of a sexually-oriented business unless the person first obtains and continues to maintain in full force and effect a license issued by the city as required by this chapter.
(B) A license for such business shall be issued to any applicant who has complied with all of the following requirements:
(1) The applicant has filed a completed application and paid the required sexually-oriented business application fee;
(2) The applicant has not made a material misstatement or misrepresentation in the application;
(3) To the extent applicable, the establishment, including the building and lot or portion thereof where the establishment is located or is proposed to be situated meets all location and applicable zoning requirements; and
(4) There does not exist a basis for denial as set forth in § 4-8-6(D) of this chapter.
(C) Each application for a license to operate a sexually-oriented business within the city shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee. The application fee shall be used to defray, in part, administrative costs incurred in the processing of the application, and is not made in lieu of any other fees or taxes required by statute or ordinance. Renewal fees shall also be established. Renewal applications shall update any information which has changed since the filing of the last prior application or renewal application.
(Ord. C-439, passed 10-3-2006)