(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in, conduct or carry on or to permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premise within the village, the operation of an adult oriented business, without first having obtained a license for such adult business.
(B) Every applicant for a license to maintain, conduct or conduct an adult business shall file an application upon the form provided by the Village Clerk furnishing the following information:
(1) The applicant’s name;
(2) The applicant’s permanent home address, length of residency and, if less than three years, previous address;
(3) The applicant’s age and marital status and, if married, the name of his or her spouse;
(4) The name and address of the person, firm, corporation, partnership or association with whom the applicant is employed or represents; and the length of time of such employment or representation;
(5) Name and address of the applicant’s employer during the past three years, if different from the present employer;
(6) The date or approximate date, the most recent application for license for an adult business, if any, was made by the applicant;
(7) A statement of whether a license for an adult business issued to the applicant under this section has been revoked;
(8) The name of the business, the business location and legal description of the property and a description of the type of adult business;
(9) A sketch or diagram showing the configuration of the premises, including a statement of the total floor space occupied by the business. The sketch or diagram need not be professionally prepared, but shall be drawn to a designated scale, or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to, an accuracy of plus or minus six inches;
(10) A statement of each and every conviction for violation of any provision of this section or any other code of any other Illinois municipality or other local government entity regulating adult businesses;
(11) A statement of the criminal record of the applicant, excluding traffic records;
(12) A signed statement stating the name and address of the statutory agent or other agent authorized to receive service of process; and
(13) Each applicant shall pay the application fee as denominated in § 110.03 of this code of ordinances.
(C) All statements made with respect to the application or in connection therewith shall be verified and shall be made under oath by the applicant.
(D) The Chief of Police shall keep on file an accurate record of every application received and acted upon, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto and all licenses for adult businesses issued under the provisions of this section and of the denial of any such applications.
(E) No license for an adult business shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of the commission of any felony under the laws of this or any other state or federal law, within five years prior to the date of application; nor to any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, in any jurisdiction, involving misrepresentation, deceit or an omission of any material fact in any commercial transaction; nor to any person who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section; nor to any person whose license for an adult business issued hereunder has previously been revoked has herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 20-1605) (Ord. 1494, passed 8-6-2004; Ord. 1699, passed 3-17-2014) Penalty, see § 154.999