(A) Adult Use Commissioner. The Chairperson of the County Board is hereby designated as the Adult Use Commissioner pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter. The Adult Use Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To administer and rule upon the applications for and the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of, adult establishment licenses as set forth in this chapter;
(2) To conduct or provide for such inspections of adult entertainment establishments as shall be necessary to determine and ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable provisions of law;
(3) To periodically review the provisions of this chapter and the conduct and operation of adult entertainment establishments and adult establishment licensees, and to make such related reports and recommendations to the County Board as the Adult Use Commissioner shall deem necessary;
(4) To appoint County Board members to serve on the Adult Use Commission as set forth in division (B) below;
(5) To direct the Adult Use Commission to conduct such hearings, studies, and reports on adult entertainment establishments, and the regulations relating thereto, as the Adult Use Commissioner shall deem necessary; and
(6) To take such further actions as the Adult Use Commissioner shall deem necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter and to exercise such additional powers in furtherance thereof as are implied or incident to those powers and duties expressly set forth in this chapter.
(B) Adult Use Commission.
(1) Creation. A Commission entitled the Adult Use Commission is hereby created and established for the purposes set forth in this chapter.
(2) Composition. The Adult Use Commissioner may appoint one or more current members of the County Board, with the advice and consent of the Board, to serve at the will of the Adult Use Commissioner and to advise the Adult Use Commissioner on matters relating to the implementation and enforcement of the regulations set forth in this chapter, and to the exercise of the Adult Use Commissioner’s powers and duties under this chapter. The person or persons appointed by the Adult Use Commissioner, along with the Adult Use Commissioner, shall comprise the Adult Use Commission.
(3) Duties. The Adult Use Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) At the direction of the Adult Use Commissioner, to recommend to the Adult Use Commissioner such further regulations regarding adult entertainment establishments and adult establishment licenses as the members of the Commission may deem necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare or to otherwise carry out the purposes and objectives of the regulations established pursuant to this chapter;
(b) To conduct and prepare hearings, studies, and reports upon matters referred to the Commission by the Adult Use Commissioner and to make such reports and recommendations relating thereto as are requested by the Adult Use Commissioner; and
(c) To conduct such hearings on the revocation or suspension of an adult establishment license as required pursuant to § 150.26.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 2-4)