830.06 STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

   (a)   The City Manager, or his or her designee, shall issue a sexually oriented business registration to any applicant if, but only if, the City Manager, or his or her designee, finds and determines all of the following based on the reports, investigations, and inspections conducted by the City Manager, or his or her designee, and the reviewing departments and on any other credible information on which it is reasonable for the City Manager, or his or her designee, to rely:

      (1)   All information and documents required by this chapter for issuance of a sexually oriented business registration have been properly provided and the material statements made in the application are true and correct.

      (2)   No person identified in the application has been convicted of, or pleaded nolo contendere to any criminal act within five years immediately preceding the date of the application.

      (3)   No person identified in the application is overdue on payment to the City or to any government agency of taxes, fees, fines, or penalties assessed against or imposed on any such individual in connection with any sexually oriented business.

      (4)   The sexually oriented business and the registered premises comply with all then-applicable building, health, and safety codes and have received all necessary zoning approvals required pursuant to the then-applicable provisions of Chapters 1272 and 1286.

      (5)   The applicant has confirmed in writing and under oath as part of the application that the applicant has read this chapter and all provisions of Chapters 1272 and 1286 applicable to sexually oriented businesses, and that the applicant is familiar with their terms and conditions, and that the registered premises and the proposed sexually oriented business establishment and its proposed operation are and shall be in compliance therewith.

   (b)   If the City Manager, or his or her designee, determines that the applicant has not met any one or more of the conditions set forth herein, then the City Manager, or his or her designee, shall deny issuance of the sexually oriented business registration and shall give the applicant a written notification and explanation of such denial.

   (c)   If the City Manager, or his or her designee, does not issue or deny the sexually oriented business registration within 30 City of Pickerington business days after the properly completed application is submitted, then the sexually oriented business registration applied for shall be deemed to have been issued.

(Ord. 2003-46. Passed 5-20-03.)