(a) All applicants for a sexually oriented business license or an adult entertainment business license must be qualified according to the provisions of this chapter. The application may request and the applicant shall provide such information (including fingerprints) as to enable the City to determine whether the applicant meets the qualifications established in this chapter.
(b) If a person who wishes to operate a sexually oriented business or an adult entertainment business is an individual, the person must sign the application for a license as the applicant. If a person who wishes to operate a sexually oriented business or an adult entertainment business is other than an individual, each individual who has a ten percent or greater interest in the business must sign the application for a license as an applicant. Each applicant must be qualified under the following subsection and each applicant shall be considered a licensee if a license is granted.
(c) The completed application for a sexually oriented business or an adult entertainment business license shall contain the following information and shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(1) If the applicant is:
A. An individual, the individual shall state his or her legal name and any aliases and submit proof that he or she is eighteen years of age or older;
B. A partnership, the partnership shall state its complete name, and the name of all partners, whether the partnership is general or limited, and a copy of the partnership agreement, if any; or
C. A corporation, the corporation shall state its complete name, the date of its incorporation, evidence that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, the names and capacity of all officers, directors and stockholders, and the name of the registered corporate agent and the address of the registered office for service of process.
(2) If the applicant intends to operate the sexually oriented business or an adult entertainment business under a name other than that of the applicant, he or she must state the sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business's fictitious name and submit the required registration documents.
(3) Whether the applicant, or a person residing with the applicant, has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined in this chapter, and, if so, the specified criminal activity involved, and the date, place, and jurisdiction of each.
(4) Whether the applicant, or a person residing with the applicant, has had a previous license under this chapter or other similar sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business ordinance from another city or county denied, suspended, or revoked, including the name and location of the sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business for which the permit was denied, suspended, or revoked, as well as the date of the denial, suspension, or revocation, and whether the applicant, or a person residing with the applicant, has been a partner in a partnership or an officer, director, or stockholder of a corporation that is licensed under this chapter and whose license has previously been denied, suspended, or revoked, including the name and location of the sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business for which the permit/license was denied, suspended, or revoked, as well as the date of the denial, suspension, or revocation.
(5) Whether the applicant or a person residing with the applicant holds any other license under this chapter or other similar sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business ordinance from another city or county and, if so, the names and locations of such other licensed businesses.
(6) The single classification of license for which the applicant is filing.
(7) The location of the proposed sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business, including a legal description of the property, its street address, and telephone number(s), if any.
(8) The applicant's mailing address, residence address, and telephone number(s).
(9) A recent photograph of the applicant(s).
(10) The applicant's driver's license number, Social Security number, and/or his or her State or Federally-issued tax identification number.
(11) A sketch or diagram showing the configuration of the premises, including a statement of the total floor space occupied by the business. The sketch or diagram need not be professionally prepared, but it must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus five inches.
(12) A current certificate and straight-line drawing prepared within thirty days prior to application by a registered land surveyor, depicting the property lines and the structures containing any existing sexually oriented businesses or adult entertainment businesses within 500 feet of the property to be certified; and the property lines of any established religious institution, synagogue, school, or public park or recreation area within 400 feet of the property to be certified. For purposes of this paragraph, a use shall be considered existing or established if it is in existence at the time an application is submitted. An engineering fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) is to be deposited by the applicant with the Building Commissioner, to review and confirm the land surveyor's calculations.
If an applicant wishes to operate a sexually oriented business or an adult entertainment business, the applicant shall comply with the application requirements set forth in this section.
(d) Before any applicant may be issued a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business license, the applicant shall submit, on a form to be provided by the City, the following information:
(1) The applicant's name or any other name (including "stage" names) or alias used by the individual;
(2) Age, date, and place of birth;
(3) Height, weight, hair, and eye color;
(4) Present residence address and telephone number;
(5) Present business address and telephone number;
(6) Date, issuing state and number of driver's permit or other photo identification card information;
(7) Social Security number;
(8) Proof that the individual is at least eighteen years of age; and
(9) With respect to all individuals residing with the applicant, the information required in paragraphs (d)(1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) hereof.
(e) Attached to the application form for a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business license, as provided above, shall be the following:
(1) A color photograph of the applicant clearly showing the applicant's face,and the applicant's fingerprints on a form provided by the Police Department of the City. Any fees for the photographs and the fingerprints shall be paid by the applicant.
(2) A statement detailing the license history of the applicant for the five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant has previously operated or is seeking to operate a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment business in this or any other county, city, state, or country, has ever had a license, permit, or authorization to do business denied, suspended, or revoked or has had any professional or vocational license or permit denied, suspended or revoked. In the event of any such denial, suspension or revocation, state the name and the name of the issuing or denying jurisdiction, and describe in full the reason for the denial, suspension or revocation. A copy of any order of denial, suspension or revocation, shall be attached to the application.
(3) A statement as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined in this chapter and, if so, the specified criminal activity involved, and the date, place, and jurisdiction of each. (Ord. 99-35. Passed 7-6-99.)