§ 112.15 REQUIREMENT; DISPLAY; TERM.
   (A)   Adult establishment license required. An adult establishment license shall be required to establish, operate, or maintain an adult entertainment establishment within the city limits of the city.
   (B)   Operation without license prohibited. 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 city limits of the city 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 city limits of the city 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 city 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 1 year commencing January 1 of the year following the year of issuance and terminating on December 31 of the 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. All adult establishments existing prior to the effective date of this chapter shall submit an application for an adult establishment license no later than September 9, 2002. Any existing adult entertainment establishment that has not secured an adult establishment license pursuant to this chapter on or before September 9, 2002 shall cease operations on that date.
   (G)   Renewal. An adult establishment license may be renewed only by making application as required for an initial license pursuant to § 112.16 of this code. 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 such documents and information, verified by an affidavit, necessary to demonstrate that the commercial establishment will not be an adult entertainment establishment under the definitions set forth in § 112.02. Specifically, but without limitation, the licensee shall provide evidence, verified by affidavit, to the Adult Use Commissioner that such commercial establishment will not satisfy any of the criteria set forth in § 112.02.
(1983 Code, § 13-54) (Ord. 2995, passed 9-9-2002; Am. Ord. 3078, passed 11-4-2004) Penalty, see § 112.99