(A) Upon receipt of an application properly filed with the County Area Plan Commission and issuing authority and upon payment of the nonrefundable application fee, the application shall immediately be stamped as received and a copy shall be sent to the police agency and any other agencies responsible for the enforcement of health, fire, building codes and laws. Each department or agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the applicant, application and the proposed sexually-oriented business in accordance with its responsibilities under law and as set forth in this chapter. Said investigation shall be completed within 20 days of the receipt of the application. At the conclusion of its investigation, each department or agency shall indicate on its copy of the application its approval or disapproval of the application, date it, sign it and in the event it disapproves, state the reasons therefor. The police agency shall only be required to certify the NCIC records request check mentioned at § 112.23. The police agencies shall not be required to approve or disapprove applications.
(B) A department or agency shall disapprove an application if it finds that the proposed sexually-oriented business will be in violation of any provision of any statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other law in effect in the jurisdiction. After its indication of approval or disapproval, each department or agency shall immediately return the copy of the application to the County Area Plan Commission and issuing authority.
(Ord. 99-04, passed - - )