(a) If the applicant for a license has filed the proper application and has paid the proper fee as specified in Section 761.02, and the Director of Public Safety is satisfied that all information and documentation requested is properly given and that issuing the license would not violate the location restriction provisions of this Chapter, then a license shall be issued. The City shall complete its investigation and processing of the license application within thirty (30) days from the date application is made. A license shall not be issued if the Director of Public Safety determines that one or more of the following is true:
(1) The applicant has failed to provide information reasonably necessary for the issuance of the license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form;
(2) The applicant is under the age of eighteen (18) years;
(3) The applicant or a person with whom the applicant is residing has been, within the previous ten (10) years, convicted of a felony or any of the misdemeanor offenses described in this Chapter;
(4) The applicant or a person with whom the applicant is residing is overdue in payment to the City of taxes, fees, fines, or penalties assessed against or imposed upon him/her in relation to any business;
(5) The applicant or a person with whom the applicant is residing has been denied a license by the City to operate an adult entertainment business within the preceding twelve (12) months or whose license to operate such a business has been revoked within the preceding twelve (12) months;
(6) The premises to be used for the adult entertainment business have not been approved by the Building Commissioner, the Health Department, or the Fire Department as being in compliance with all applicable laws and ordinances;
(7) The license fee required by this chapter has not been paid;
(8) The applicant or any person with whom the applicant is residing is in violation of or is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Adult Entertainment Business license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the business establishment, so that it may be easily read at all times. It shall be the duty of both the owner and operator to display the license during the period covered by the license.
(c) For the purposes of this chapter, all licenses issued shall terminate on December 31 of each calendar year and there shall be no prorating of fees.
(Ord. 96-48. Passed 3-9-96.)