(A) Adult establishment license required. An adult establishment license shall be required to establish, operate or maintain an adult entertainment establishment within the city.
(B) Operation without license prohibited. Except as provided in division (F) of this section with regard to adult entertainment establishments existing prior to the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person not having a current and valid adult entertainment license to establish, operate or maintain an adult entertainment establishment within the city at any time after the effective date of this chapter.
(C) Operation in violation of license prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to establish, operate or maintain an adult entertainment establishment within the city except in the manner authorized by, and in compliance with, the provisions of this chapter and the licensee’s adult establishment license.
(D) Content and display of license. Every adult establishment license shall be provided by the city and shall, at a minimum, prominently state on its face the name of the licensee, the expiration date and the address of the adult entertainment establishment. Every licensee shall cause the licensee’s adult establishment license to be framed, covered by glass and hung at all times in plain view in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises so that it can be easily seen and read at any time by any person entering the licensed premises.
(E) License term. Except as hereinafter provided, adult establishment licenses shall be operative and valid, unless first terminated, suspended or revoked, for a term of one year commencing on January 1 of the year following the year of issuance and terminating on December 31 of that same year. Adult establishment licenses issued after January 1 of any year for operations to commence in that year shall be operative and valid, unless first terminated, suspended or revoked, for a term commencing on the date of issuance and terminating on December 31 of that same year.
(F) Existing establishments.
(1) Application generally. An adult entertainment establishment existing and operating on or prior to the effective date (“existing establishment”) may continue to exist and operate as of the effective date; provided, however, that the existing establishment:
(a) Shall submit an application for an adult establishment license not later than 60 days after the effective date;
(b) Shall cease operations not later than 240 days after the effective date (the “licensure date”), unless it has secured an adult establishment license by the licensure date; and
(c) Shall comply with, and continue at all times to comply with, the requirements of division (F)(2) of this section.
(2) Required compliance on effective date. An existing establishment shall, as of the effective date, be subject to the provisions of §§ 114.19, 114.35(A) through (C), 114.35(E) through (J), 114.36(A), (B), (F), (G), § 114.37(C) through (E), 114.38 and 114.39, and shall at all times continue in compliance with those provisions.
(G) Renewal. An adult establishment license may be renewed only by making application as required for an initial license pursuant to § 114.16. Application for renewal shall be made at least 30 days before the expiration of the then-current license term. The expiration of the license shall not be affected or extended by a renewal application that is made less than 30 days before expiration.
(1990 Code, § 14-205) (Ord. 98-1860, passed 10-30-1998) Penalty, see § 114.99