Any person engaging in the operation of a sexually oriented business, before being issued the license shall be required to meet the following qualifications.
(A) The applicant must be free of convictions for any felony; any conviction related to prostitution; any conviction involving the presentation, exhibition and/or performance of an obscene production; any conviction involving misconduct with a minor or any conviction involving the maintenance of a nuisance in connection with the same or similar business, within the last 2 years, nor can the applicant have had any previous adult entertainment establishment license or any sexually oriented business license revoked for cause within the last 2 years. If the applicant has ever had an adult entertainment establishment license or any sexually oriented business license revoked for cause, the applicant must post a bond equal to the license fee to ensure that he or she will comply with the performance standards established by the City, as set forth herein, and that he or she will not permit the premises to be utilized for illegal purposes.
(B) The applicant must submit to fingerprinting by the Police Department.
(C) The applicant cannot owe any fees, taxes or charges of any kind or nature to the City.
(D) The applicant’s premises must meet all established Health, Zoning, Fire, Building and/or Plumbing Codes and cannot provide direct interior access to residential living quarters.
(E) The applicant must file a financial disclosure form with the City’s License Inspector. The form shall be supplied by the City’s License Inspector.
(F) The applicant shall file a floor plan with his or her application clearly exhibiting all entrances, exhibits, stairways and all rooms in the building and their intended uses.
(G) An acknowledgment by the applicant that the licensed premises shall include the building and any adjacent parking lot.
(H) In the event applicant does not own the premises to be licensed, a copy of the lease agreement between the applicant and the property owner shall be submitted along with the application to the City’s License Inspector.
(I) Upon approval of a license for a sexually oriented business the License Inspector shall issue to the owner a license which shall be conspicuously posted and easily viewable at eye level in any portion of the business frequented by its customers.
(J) An applicant aggrieved by any decision herein of the City’s License Inspector shall have 10 days to appeal the decision to the City Manager.
(K) Any applicant aggrieved by the decision of the City Manager may appeal such decision to the Circuit Court as provided by law.
(1995 Code, § 5.04.060)