(a) No sexually oriented business shall be permitted to operate without a valid sexually oriented business permit issued by the Village. Operation of such a business without a permit is a misdemeanor.
(b) The Municipal Manager, or his/her designee, is responsible for granting, denying, revoking, renewing, suspending and canceling permits for proposed or existing sexually oriented businesses. To be approved, applications must comply with all locational and zoning requirements of this Chapter and the Zoning and Building Codes of the Village of Greenhills.
(c) Applications must be made on a form provided by the Village. Applicants must provide an original and two copies of a sworn application which must contain the following information and documents:
(1) If the applicant is:
A. An individual: the individual's legal name, aliases and proof of age over 18.
B. A partnership: the complete name, all partners names, and a copy of any partnership agreement.
C. A corporation: its complete name; date of incorporation; names of all officers, directors and principal stockholders, name and address of its registered agent and evidence of good standing under Ohio law.
(2) The name of the sexually oriented business if different from the applicant's and any required registration documents.
(3) Whether the applicant or any individual listed in Division 1 of this Section has been convicted of a specified criminal act as defined under Section
(4) Whether the applicant or other listed individuals has had a sexually oriented business permit revoked, suspended, or denied and the name of the business, the city or county of occurrence and the date on which the permit was suspended, revoked or denied.
(5) Whether the applicant or other listed individuals hold any other sexually oriented business permits and the names and locations of all other such businesses.
(6) The proposed location of the business including a legal description of the property, street address and telephone number.
(7) The applicant's business and residential addresses and telephone numbers.
(8) The applicant's driver's license number, social security number, tax identification number and recent photograph.
(9) A sketch or diagram showing the configuration and total floor space of the premises. The sketch need not be professional, but must be drawn to scale and accurate to plus or minus six inches.
(10) A current certificate and straight line drawing prepared within thirty (30) days prior to application by a registered land surveyor depicting property lines and structures and the property lines of any existing protected use within 750 feet of the proposed business. A protected use is established if it is in existence at the time the application is submitted.
(11) The application must be signed by the individual applicant, and each person who has at least a ten percent (10%) interest in the business. If a corporation is the applicant, then each person owning at least ten percent (10%) of the corporation must sign the application.
(d) Applicants are under a continuing duty to promptly update their application information. Failure to do so within thirty (30) days of the date of a change in application information shall be grounds for permit suspension.
(e) If the Municipal Manager learns that an applicant improperly completed the permit application, the Municipal Manager shall promptly notify the applicant and allow ten (10) days for correction.
(f) A one hundred dollar ($100.00) non-refundable application fee is due at the time the applicant files an application under this Section.
(g) Prior to obtaining a permit to operate a sexually oriented business, the applicant shall obtain a certification that the proposed location complies with the locational requirements of the chapter.
(h) The possession of other types of state or municipal permits and/or licenses, including a liquor license, does not exempt an applicant from the requirement of obtaining a sexually oriented business permit.
(i) By filing an application under this Section, the applicant shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this Chapter and to the investigation of the application by the Municipal Manager and his designees.
(j) The applicant is required to provide the Village with the names of all employees required to be licensed under Section
(k) A sexually oriented business permit may be renewed annually upon written application, subject to the payment of a thirty dollars ($30.00) renewal fee, and a finding that the permit holder is still in conformance with the permit requirements.
(Ord. 97-12CD. Passed 4-1-97.)