Any adult entertainment establishment existing and operating as of March 11, 1999, shall apply for a license pursuant to section 14-13.2(b) within thirty (30) days of said date. After submission of an application, said establishment shall be permitted to operate pending the issuance of a license or the entry of a final decision or order denying its application, whichever comes first. Notwithstanding this permission for continued operation, every adult entertainment establishment shall comply with the requirements of section 14-13.1(a)(1)-(7). Any person who is employed by or working in an adult entertainment establishment as an adult entertainer as of March 11, 1999, shall apply for a license pursuant to section 14-13.3 within thirty (30) days of said date and, after submission of an application, shall be permitted to continue to work in such establishment pending the issuance of a license or the entry of a final decision or order denying his application, whichever comes first. Notwithstanding this permitted continued employment, every adult entertainer shall comply with the requirements of section 14-13.1(a)(1)-(7). No adult entertainment establishment shall operate and no adult entertainer shall work in an adult entertainment establishment beyond the thirty (30) day application period unless an application for licensing has been submitted as required herein.
(Ord. No. 152-97, § 5, 7-10-97; Ord. No. 47-99, § 5, 3-2-94)
Editor's note(s)—Section 5 of Ord. No. 152-97, adopted July 10, 1997, did not specifically amend this Code; hence, codification of § 5 of said ordinance as § 14-13.4 was herein included at the editor's discretion.