(A) Upon the filing of a completed application for an adult entertainment establishment license or employee license under § 122.41, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall issue a temporary license to the applicant, which temporary license shall expire fifteen (15) days after the final decision of the Codes Enforcement Officer to deny or grant the license. Within twenty (20) business days after the receipt of a completed application, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall cause the premises to be inspected for compliance with City of Pikeville zoning, building, safety, and health and fire codes. If inspections are not made within the specified twenty (20) days, unless such failure is due to the applicant’s or the real estate owner’s disallowance of the inspections, the property shall be deemed to comply with the codes specified in the previous sentence. Within twenty (20) business days after the receipt of a completed application, the Codes Enforcement Officer shall either issue a license, or issue a written notice of intent to deny a license, to the applicant. The Codes Enforcement Officer shall approve the issuance of a license unless one (1) or more of the following is found to be true:
(1) An applicant is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) An applicant is delinquent in the payment to the City of Pikeville of taxes, fees, fines or penalties assessed against or imposed upon the applicant in relation to an adult entertainment establishment.
(3) An applicant has failed to provide information or true and correct information required of the applicant for issuance of the license.
(4) An applicant, including any principal owner of the adult entertainment establishment, has been convicted of a specified criminal activity, as defined in this chapter.
(5) The license fee required by § 122.40 has not been paid.
(6) The proposed adult entertainment establishment is located in a zoning district other than a district in which adult entertainment businesses are allowed to operate under the applicable zoning regulations of the City of Pikeville or is not in compliance with the location restrictions established for adult entertainment establishments under this chapter.
(7) The applicant’s premises have been found by the Codes Enforcement Officer or his or her designees to not be in compliance with City of Pikeville zoning, building, safety, and health or fire codes.
(B) An applicant that is ineligible for a license due to division (A)(4) above may qualify for an adult entertainment establishment license only when the time period required by the applicable division in § 122.43 has elapsed.
(C) The license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the persons or persons to whom it is granted, the number of the license issued to that applicant, the expiration date, and the address of the adult entertainment establishment. An adult entertainment establishment employee license shall contain a photograph of the licensee. The adult entertainment establishment license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to such business so that it may be easily read at any time. An adult entertainment establishment employee shall keep the employee’s license on his or her person or on the premises where the licensee is then working or performing, and shall produce such license for inspection upon request by a law enforcement officer or other authorized City of Pikeville enforcement official. Such officer or official, pursuant to this chapter, shall request verification of an employee’s license only when reasonable and necessary to advance the purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. 2005-0-009, passed 5-9-05)