(A) Each person who dances, performs or otherwise entertains in a sexually oriented business, as well as all bartenders, drink servers, and security personnel, shall be required to obtain a sexually oriented business employee license. Each applicant shall pay a license fee as set forth in the fee and license schedule adopted in a separate ordinance, as amended from time to time. The fee is to cover reasonable administrative costs of the licensing application process.
(B) Before any applicant may be issued a sexually oriented business employee license, the applicant shall submit on a form to be provided by the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee the following information:
(1) The applicant's name or any other name (including "stage" names) or aliases 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) State driver's license or identification number;
(7) Social Security number; and
(8) Acceptable written proof that the individual is at least 21 years of age.
(9) Attached to the application form as provided above, a color photograph of the applicant clearly showing the applicant's face, and the applicant's fingerprints on a form provided by the Village of Peotone Police Department. Any fees for the photographs and fingerprints shall be paid by the applicant.
(10) A statement detailing the license or permit history of the applicant for the five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant operating or seeking to operate in this or any other county, village, state, or country has ever had a license, permit, or authorization to do business denied, revoked, or suspended. In the event of any such denial, revocation, or suspension, state the date, the name of the issuing or denying jurisdiction and describe in full the reasons for the denial, revocation, or suspension. A copy of any order of denial, revocation, or suspension shall be attached to the application.
(11) Whether the applicant has been found guilty of a Specified Criminal Act as defined in this subchapter. This information shall include the date, place, and nature of each finding of guilty and identify the jurisdiction.
(12) The Zoning Administrator or his or her designee shall refer the sexually oriented business employee license application to the Village of Peotone Police Department for an investigation to be made of such information as is contained on the application. The application process shall be completed within 15 working days from the date the completed application is filed. After the investigation, the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee shall issue a license unless the report from the Village of Peotone Police Department find that one or more of the following findings is true:
(a) That the application has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a license, or in any report or record required to be filed with the Village of Peotone Police Department or other department of the village;
(b) That the applicant is under 21 years of age;
(c) That the applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal act as defined in this subchapter;
(d) That the sexually oriented business employee license is prohibited by local or state law, statute, rule or regulation, or prohibited by particular provisions of this subchapter;
(e) That the applicant has had a sexually oriented business employee license revoked by the village within two years of the date of the current application;
(C) Renewal of license.
(1) A license granted pursuant to this section shall be subject to annual renewal by the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee upon the written application of the applicant and a finding by the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee and the Village of Peotone Police Department that the applicant has not been convicted of any specified criminal act as defined in this subchapter or committed any act during the existence of the previous license period which would be grounds to deny the initial permit application.
(2) The renewal of the license shall be subject to payment as set forth in the fee and license schedule adopted in a separate ordinance, as amended from time to time.
(3) Applicants for this section's license may work during the processing of the application and license.
(Ord. 04-20, passed 9-7-04)