A. Any person desiring to obtain a permit to operate an adult-related establishment shall apply to the chief of police on a form provided by the revenue division. Before submitting such application a nonrefundable fee as established by resolution of the city council shall be paid to the department of finance to defray, in part, the cost of investigation and report required by this title. The department of finance shall issue a receipt to the applicant showing that such permit application fee has been paid. The applicant shall provide the chief of police with the receipt or a copy thereof at the time of applying for a permit under this section.
B. The application to the chief of police shall set forth the following information:
1. The full and true name and any other names of each person with an ownership interest in the adult-related establishment and of each person who will operate the adult-related establishment;
2. The present address and telephone number of the applicant and any operator;
3. The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant and any operator;
4. Written proof that the applicant and any operator is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
5. The height, weight, color of eyes and hair of the applicant and any operator;
6. Five portrait photographs at least two inches by two inches of the applicant and any operator;
7. The business license or tax certificate history of the applicant and any operator, whether such person in previously operating in this or another city, county or state under license, has had such license revoked or suspended, the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or revocation;
8. All convictions of any person with an ownership interest and any operator of offenses specified in Section 5.04.090 of this chapter within five years of the date of application;
9. The name and address of the lessor of the real property on which the business is to be conducted, and a copy of the lease agreement; and
10. Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinabove specified as required to be set forth in the application.
C. If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown on its articles of incorporation, together with the names and residence addresses of each of the officers, directors, and each stockholder holding more than ten (10) percent of the stock of the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall set forth the name and the residence address of each of the partners, including limited partners. If one or more of the partners is a corporation, the provisions of this section pertaining to a corporate applicant apply.
D. The chief of police shall take fingerprints and additional photographs of the applicant and any operator, and shall confirm the height and weight of the applicant and any operator.
E. The application for a permit does not authorize conducting an adult-related establishment until such permit has been granted. The issuance of a business operation tax certificate pursuant to chapter 3.08 shall not authorize conducting an adult-related establishment until the necessary regulatory permit has been lawfully granted. (Ord. 2021-0016 § 2; prior code § 28.06.062)