(a) Each individual to be employed in an adult entertainment and/or sexually oriented business or club, as defined in Section 795.02 of this chapter, who engages in the services rendered by a semi-nude model studio, escort or escort agency, sexual encounter establishment, massage parlor or a live performer or entertainer in an adult cabaret or "juice bar" shall be required to obtain an Adult Entertainment and/or Sexually Oriented Business or Club Employee License. Each applicant shall pay a license fee of $25.00. Said fee is to cover reasonable administrative costs of the licensing application process.
(b) Before any applicant may be issued an Adult Entertainment and/or Sexually Oriented Business or Club Employee License, the applicant shall submit on a form to be provided by the city or its designee, the following information:
(1) The applicant's name, or any other names (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 Drivers License or identification number;
(7) Social Security Number; and
(8) Acceptable written proof that the individual is at least 18 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 Reynoldsburg Division of Police. 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 previously operating or seeking to operate in this or any other county, city, state, or country has ever had a license, permit, or authorization to do business denied, revoked, or suspended, or had any professional or vocational license or permit denied, revoked, or suspended. In the event of any such denial, revocation, or suspension, applicant shall 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 applicant has been convicted of a "specified criminal" act as defined in Section 795.11(j) of this chapter. This information shall include the date, place, nature of each conviction or plea of nolo contendere and identifying the convicting jurisdiction.
(12) The application shall be sworn to be true and correct by the applicant.
(13) The Mayor shall refer the Adult Entertainment and/or Sexually Oriented Business or Club Employee License Application to the Reynoldsburg Division of Police for an investigation to be made of such information as is contained in the application. The application process shall be completed within ten days from the date the completed application is filed. After the investigation, the Mayor shall issue a license unless the report from the Police Department finds that one or more of the following findings are true:
A. That the applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a license, or in any report required to be filed with the Police Department or other department of the city;
B. That the applicant is under 18 years of age;
C. That the applicant has been convicted of "specified criminal" act as defined in Section 795.11(j) of this chapter;
D. That the Adult Entertainment and/or Sexually Oriented Business or Club Employee License is to be used for employment in a business or club prohibited by local or state law, statute, rule or regulation, or prohibited by particular provisions of this chapter;
E. That the applicant has had an Adult Entertainment and/or Sexually Oriented Business or Club Employee License revoked by the city 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 Mayor upon the written application by the applicant and a finding that the applicant has not been convicted of any "specified criminal" act as defined in Section 795.11(j) of this chapter 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 of a $25.00 renewal fee.
(Ord. 116-99. Passed 9-20-99)