(A) No person shall be employed in an adult business to engage in the services rendered by a nude model studio, escort agency, sexual encounter establishment or adult massage parlor without a valid adult business employee permit issued by the city.
(B) The application shall be granted unless the application is denied for one or more of the reasons set forth in division (D) of this section. The permittee shall post the permit conspicuously in the adult business premises.
(C) If the application is granted or if the application is neither granted or denied within 30 days after the application is deemed complete, the applicant may begin employment in the capacity for which the permit was sought.
(D) The application shall be denied for any of the following reasons, based on the report from the Police Department:
(1) 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 or document required to be filed with the application;
(2) The applicant is under 18 years of age;
(3) (a) The applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal act for which:
1. Less than two years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a misdemeanor offense for the specified criminal act.
2. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a felony offense for the specified criminal act;
3. Less than five years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement, whichever is the later date, if the convictions are of two or more misdemeanors for the specified criminal acts occurring within any 24-month period.
(b)
SPECIFIED CRIMINAL ACTS shall mean sexual crimes against children, sexual abuse or rape, or crimes connected with an adult business, including but not limited to distribution of obscenity, prostitution or pandering, or any act for which the perpetrator is required to register with any law enforcement agency.
(c) The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on disqualification of the applicant. An applicant who has been convicted of a specified criminal act may qualify for an adult business employee permit only after such periods have elapsed.
(4) The adult business employee permit is to be used for employment in a business prohibited by state or city law.
(Ord. 987, passed 6-19-95) Penalty, see § 156.999