(A) Temporary license.
(1) Upon the filing of a completed application for an adult business license, the Chief of Police shall issue a temporary license to the applicant.
(2) The temporary license shall expire upon the final administrative decision of the village to deny or grant a license.
(3) Within 30 days after the receipt of a completed application, the Chief of Police shall either issue a license or issue a written notice of intent to deny a license.
(B) Reasons for refusal to grant a license. The Chief of Police shall approve the application and grant an adult business license, unless one or more of the following is true:
(1) An applicant is less than 18 years of age;
(2) An applicant has failed to provide the information required by § 154.174 of this chapter or has provided false information on the application;
(3) The premises to be used for the adult business currently are in violation of or are not in compliance with the village’s health, fire or building codes, or the locational requirements of § 154.172 of this chapter;
(4) The applicant failed to pay the license application fee; or
(5) The applicant has a license under this part that has been revoked within the previous year.
(C) License term and restrictions.
(1) The granting of a license to a licensee for an adult business shall be for one year and shall begin on May 1 and continue through April 30. Applications granted after May 1 of any given year shall be effective for less than a full year and shall continue through April 30.
(2) The license fees of those licenses granted after May 1 of the calendar year shall be reduced in proportion to the full calendar months which have expired in the year prior to the issuance of the license.
(3) The license is non-transferable to any other person other than the applicants listed on the application, and is valid only for the location listed on the application.
(D) Renewal of license.
(1) The licensee who has been granted a license to operate an adult business, and who wishes to renew a license shall:
(a) File a renewal application of its license on the form provided by and sent to the licensee by the village before April 30; and
(b) Follow all conditions of § 154.174 of this chapter.
(2) Upon application for renewal, the licensee shall pay annual business registration fee and the corresponding license see as denominated in § 154.176(A) of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 20-1606) (Ord. 1494, passed 8-6-2004; Ord. 1699, passed 3-17-2014)