(a) Upon receipt of an application for an adult cabaret license, the City Clerk shall promptly request that the Chief of Police investigate the information provided in the application concerning the criminal background of the applicant(s) and the Chief of Police shall transmit the results of the investigation in writing to the City Clerk within five days of the completion of the investigation.
(b) Within twenty-one days after receipt of completed Adult Cabaret license application, the City Clerk shall approve or deny the issuance of a license. The City Clerk shall approve the issuance of a license to an applicant unless the City Clerk determines that one or more of the following findings are true:
(1) An applicant is under eighteen years of age.
(2) An applicant has failed to provide all information and documents required for issuance of the license as requested on the application form, or has provided information or documents that are insufficient on their face.
(3) An applicant has been denied an adult business license or has had a license to operate an adult cabaret revoked within the preceding twelve months by any jurisdiction.
(4) The application fee required has not been paid.
(5) The applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined by this chapter.
(6) An applicant is overdue in payment to the City of taxes, fees, fines, or penalties assessed against or imposed upon him or her in relation to any business, which are not the subject of a pending appeal or other legal action.
(7) If the City Clerk determines that no other grounds for denial of a license exists the City Clerk shall not delay approval of the application past the twenty-one day period.
(8) An adult cabaret license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it was granted, the expiration date, the address of the licensed adult cabaret. All adult cabaret licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the business so that they may be easily read at any time.
(c) If the adult cabaret license is denied, the City Clerk shall advise the applicant in writing of the reason(s) for any such denial.
(Res. 04-455A. Passed 8-30-04.)