(A) Adult establishment license required. An adult establishment license shall be required to establish, operate, or maintain an adult entertainment establishment within the unincorporated area of Lake County.
(B) Operation without license prohibited. Except as provided in subsection (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 establishment license to establish, operate, or maintain an adult entertainment establishment within the unincorporated area of Lake County 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 unincorporated area of Lake County 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 county 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. An adult entertainment establishment existing prior to the effective date of this chapter shall:
(1) Submit an application for an adult establishment license no later than May 11, 1998;
(2) Cease operations on November 11, 1998, unless it has secured, by that date, an adult establishment license pursuant to this chapter; and
(3) Be subject to all other provisions of this chapter as of November 11, 1998.
(G) Renewal. An adult establishment license may be renewed only by making application as required for an initial license pursuant to § 113.16. 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.
(H) Continuation of commercial establishment as non-adult entertainment establishment. Whenever any adult establishment licensee intends to cease operations of its commercial establishment as an adult entertainment establishment but to continue to operate the commercial establishment on the licensed premises as any commercial establishment other than an adult entertainment establishment, the licensee shall, at least 45 days before the expiration of the then-current license term, notify the Adult Use Commissioner in writing of the change of use. The notification shall include any documents and information, verified by affidavit, necessary to demonstrate that the commercial establishment will not be an adult entertainment establishment under the definitions set forth in § 113.03. Specifically, but without limitation, the licensee shall provide evidence, verified by affidavit, to the Adult Use Commissioner that the commercial establishment will not satisfy any of the criteria set forth in subsection (4) of the definition for “adult entertainment establishment” set forth in § 113.03.
(1977 Code, § 6:1-15) (Ord. 6:1-15, passed 10-9-2001) Penalty, see § 113.99