(a) The City Administrator shall approve the issuance of a permit to an applicant within thirty (30) days after receipt of an application unless he finds one or more of the following to be true:
(1) Any one of the applicants is under 18 years of age.
(2) Any one of the applicants is overdue in his or her payment to the City, State of West Virginia or the United States government for taxes, fines or penalties assessed against him or imposed upon him in relation to a sexually oriented business.
(3) An applicant has failed to provide information reasonably necessary for issuance of the permit or has falsely answered a question on the application form.
(4) The permit fee as required by this Ordinance has not been paid.
(5) The applicant or sexually oriented business is in violation of any of the provisions of this Article.
(Ord. 260. Passed 3-7-02.)