(A) No teen club business or teen event shall be permitted to operate without a valid teen club business or teen event permit issued by the city. Operation of such a business or event without a permit shall be a violation of this chapter and shall result in a fine of up to $1,000 and a suspension of license/permit for 30 days for a first offense, and a fine of up to $2,000 and immediate revocation of license/permit for a second offense and each subsequent offense thereafter.
(B) The City Manager, or his designee, is responsible for granting, denying, revoking, renewing, suspending and canceling permits for proposed or existing teen club businesses or teen events. To be approved, applications must comply with all requirements of this chapter.
(C) Applications must be made on a form provided by the city. Applicants must provide an original and two copies of a sworn application which must contain the following information and documents.
(1) If the applicant is:
(a) An individual: the individual's legal name, aliases, social security number, and proof of age over 18.
(b) A partnership: the complete name and tax identification number for the partnership, names of all partners, and a copy of any partnership agreement.
(c) A corporation: its complete name, date and place of incorporation, tax identification number, names of all officers, directors, and stockholders owning 5% or more of all outstanding stock, name and address of its registered agent, and evidence of good standing under Ohio law.
(2) The name of the teen club business or teen event permittee/licensee if different from the applicant's and any required registration documents.
(3) Whether the applicant or any other listed individuals has had a teen club business or teen event permit revoked, suspended, or denied, and the name of the business, the city or county of occurrence and the date on which the permit was suspended, revoked, or denied within the last five years.
(4) Whether the applicant or other listed individuals hold any other teen club business or teen event permits and the names and locations of all other such businesses.
(5) The proposed teen event or teen club location, including a legal description of the property, street address and telephone number.
(6) The applicant's business and residential addresses and telephone numbers. If the applicant has been at his current address for less than five years, then all business and residential addresses of applicant for five years prior to the date of the application must be included.
(7) The applicant's tax identification number and written proof of age in the form of picture identification issued by a governmental agency.
(8) A sketch or diagram showing the configuration and total floor space of the premises, drawn to scale.
(9) A lighting plan for all parking areas and at all entrances and exits of the teen club or teen event designed to provide a safe and secure environment.
(10) A maximum occupancy statement.
(11) A security plan demonstrating that the teen club or teen event has met all city and state building and fire code requirements, and including the number and location of all access doors, including emergency exits.
(12) A sound-proofing plan that demonstrates that noise and/or vibrations shall not be heard or felt beyond the property line of any teen club or teen event.
(13) (a) The application must be signed by the individual applicant, and each person who has at least a 5% interest in the business.
(b) Applicants are under a continuing duty to promptly update their application information. Failure to do so within 30 days of the date of a change in application information shall be grounds for permit suspension or revocation.
(c) If the City Manager learns that an applicant improperly completed the permit application, the City Manager shall promptly notify the applicant and allow ten days for correction.
(d) A $500 non-refundable application fee is due at the time the applicant files an application under this chapter. A $100 non-efundable application fee is due for subsequent teen events held within one year of the initial application at the same location of the same type and approximately the same number of teen patrons as the initial teen event.
(D) Prior to obtaining a permit to operate a teen club business or teen event, the applicant shall certify that the proposed location complies with the location requirements of this chapter.
(E) By filing an application under this chapter, the applicant shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this chapter and to the investigation of the application by the City Manager and his designees. Such investigation shall include, but not be limited to, a criminal background check of all owner(s) and operator(s) listed on the application.
(F) The applicant is required to provide the city with the names of all employees required to be licensed under § 118.11. This obligation continues even after a permit is granted or renewed. All new employees required to obtain a license under this chapter must be reported to the city no later than ten business days after the employee is hired.
(G) A teen club business or teen event permit may be renewed annually upon written application, subject to the payment of a $1,000 annual renewal fee, and a finding that the permit holder is still in conformance with the permit requirements.
(Ord. 10-1570, passed 4-6-10; Am. Ord. 19-1888, passed 8-20-19) Penalty, see § 110.99