(A) Upon receipt of an application properly filed with the city and upon payment of the nonrefundable application fee, the city or its designee shall immediately stamp the application as received and shall immediately thereafter send photocopies of the application to the city Police Department and any other city agencies responsible for enforcement of health, fire, and building codes and laws. Each department or agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the applicant, application, and the proposed sexually oriented business in accordance with its responsibilities under law and as set forth in this chapter. The investigation shall be completed within 20 days of receipt of the application by the city or its designee. At the conclusion of its investigation, each department or agency shall indicate on the photocopy of the application its approval or disapproval of the application, date it, sign it, and, in the event it disapproves, state the reasons therefor. The city Police Department shall only be required to certify the NCIC records request check mentioned at § 116.34 of this code. The city Police Department shall not be required to approve or disapprove applications.
(B) A department or agency shall disapprove an application if it finds that the proposed sexually oriented business will be in violation of any provision of any statute, code, ordinance, regulation, or other law in effect in the city. After its indication of approval or disapproval, each department or agency shall immediately return the photocopy of the application to the city or its designee.
(1987 Code, § 4-109) (Ord. 39, 1998, passed 4-13-1998)