(A) The Town Council is the legislative branch of the town government. Ultimate responsibility for the administration of this chapter is vested in the Mayor or his or her designee as set forth in this chapter.
(B) Other departments having responsibility under this chapter are as follows:
(1) The Mayor is responsible for granting, denying, revoking, renewing, suspending and canceling business tax receipts in accordance with state law;
(2) The Brevard County Sheriff Department is responsible for verifying information contained on applications for inspecting proposed or existing adult entertainment establishments and sexually-oriented businesses in order to ascertain compliance with applicable criminal statutes and ordinances including, but not limited to, those set forth in this chapter, for determining whether license applicants have been convicted of a felony or a specified criminal act within the previous five years and for enforcing applicable criminal statutes and ordinances including, but not limited to, those set forth in this chapter. The Mayor is responsible for keeping all information processed by each application and his or her department will serve as a document repository for inspection of any information by any applicant;
(3) The Building Official is responsible for inspecting establishments in order to ascertain compliance with all applicable building codes, statutes, ordinances and regulations;
(4) The Brevard County Fire Chief is responsible for inspecting establishments and businesses in order to ascertain compliance with all applicable fire codes, statutes, ordinances and regulations; and
(5) The Building Official is responsible for ascertaining whether the location of proposed sexually-oriented businesses or adult entertainment establishments comply with all separation, distance, zoning and location requirements of the land development regulations of the town and whether compliance with all applicable zoning regulations and land use laws is maintained.
(Ord. 2007-11, passed 6-26-2007)