(a) Upon the filing of a completed application for a sexually oriented business license, the Enforcement Officer shall issue a Temporary License to the applicant, which
Temporary License shall expire upon the final decision of the Enforcement Officer to deny or grant the license. Within 20 days after the receipt of a completed application, the Enforcement Officer shall either issue a license or issue a written notice of intent to deny a license to the applicant. The Enforcement Officer shall approve the issuance of a license unless one or more of the following is found to be true:
(1) An applicant is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) An applicant is delinquent in the payment to the City of taxes, fees, fines, or penalties assessed against or imposed upon the applicant in relation to a sexually oriented business.
(3) An applicant has failed to provide information as required by Section 1197.04 for issuance of the license.
(4) An applicant is a business entity for which the applicant had, at the time of an offense leading to a criminal conviction described herein, a management responsibility or a controlling interest, has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined in this chapter. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect.
(5) The license application fee required by this section has not been paid.
(6) An applicant has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
(7) The proposed sexually oriented business is located in a zoning district other than an industrial district in which sexually oriented businesses are allowed to operate under the Zoning Ordinance or is not in compliance with the location restrictions established for sexually oriented businesses in the appropriate zoning district(s).
(b) An applicant ineligible for a license due to subsection (a)(4) hereof may qualify for a sexually oriented business license only when the time period required by the applicable paragraph has elapsed.
(c) The license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is granted, the number of the license issued to that applicant, the expiration date, and, if the license is for a sexually oriented business, the address of the sexually oriented business. The sexually oriented business license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the sexually oriented business so that it may be easily read at any time.
(Ord. 4-02. Passed 3-14-02.)