(A) No teen club business shall be permitted to operate without a valid teen club business permit issued by the city. Operation of such a business without a permit is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Violations of this chapter dealing with firearms and alcohol are misdemeanors of the first degree. All other violations of this chapter are misdemeanors of the third degree.
(B) The Safety Service Director, or his or her designee, is responsible for granting, denying, revoking, renewing, suspending and canceling permits for proposed or existing teen club businesses. To be approved, applications must comply with all requirements of this chapter and the zoning and building codes of the city.
(C) Applications must be made on a form provided by the city. Applicants must provide an original and two copies of a sworn application which must contain the following information and documents.
(1) If the applicant is:
(a) An individual: the individual's legal name, aliases, Social Security number, and proof of age over 18.
(b) A partnership: the complete name, tax identification number, all partners' names, and a copy of any partnership agreement.
(c) A corporation: its complete name, date of incorporation, tax identification number, names of all officers, directors, and principal stockholders, name and address of its registered agent and evidence of good standing under Ohio law. A principal stockholder is any person who owns more than five percent of the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation.
(2) The name of the teen club business if different from the applicant's and any required registration documents.
(3) Whether the applicant or other listed individuals has had a teen club business permit revoked, suspended, or denied and the name of the business, the city or county of occurrence and the date on which the permit was suspended, revoked, or denied within the last five years.
(4) Whether the applicant or other listed individuals hold any other teen club business permits and the names and locations of all other such businesses.
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(5) The proposed location of the business including a legal description of the property, street address and telephone number.
(6) The applicant's business and residential addresses and telephone numbers. If the applicant has been at his, her or its current address for less than five years, then all business and residential addresses of applicant for five years prior to the date of the application must be included.
(7) The applicant’s tax identification number and written proof of age in the form of picture identification issued by a governmental agency.
(8) A sketch or diagram showing the configuration and total floor space of the premises. The sketch need not be professional, but must be drawn to scale and accurate to plus or minus six inches.
(9) A lighting plan as detailed in § 1286.17.
(10) A maximum occupancy statement as detailed in § 1286.17.
(11) A security plan as detailed in § 1286.17.
(12) (a) The application must be signed by the individual applicant, and each person who has at least a five percent interest in the business. If a corporation is the applicant, then each person owning at least five percent of the corporation must sign the application.
(b) Applicants are under a continuing duty to promptly update their application information. Failure to do so within 30 days of the date of a change in application information shall be grounds for permit suspension.
(c) If the Safety Service Director learns that an applicant improperly completed the permit application, the Safety Service Director shall promptly notify the applicant and allow ten days for correction.
(d) A $500 non-refundable application fee is due at the time the applicant files an application under this section.
(G) Prior to obtaining a permit to operate a teen club business, the applicant shall certify that the proposed location complies with the location requirements of this chapter.
(H) By filing an application under this section, the applicant shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this chapter and to the investigation of the application by the Safety Service Director and his designees. Such investigation shall include, but not be limited to, a criminal background check of all owner(s) and operator(s) listed on the application.
(I) The applicant is required to provide the city with the names of all employees required to be licensed under § 1286.14. This obligation continues even after a permit is granted or renewed and all new employees required to obtain a license under this chapter must be reported to the city no later than ten business days after the employee is hired.
(J) A teen club business permit may be renewed annually upon written application, subject to the payment of a $300 annual renewal fee, and a finding that the permit holder is still in conformance with the permit requirements.
(Ord. 2002-134, passed 12-3-02)