Chapter 5.04 COMMERCIAL BUSINESS LICENCES
Section 5.04.460 Application--Disclosures.
Before any applicant may be licensed to operate a sexually
oriented business or as a sexually
oriented business employee pursuant to this article, the applicant shall submit on a form to be
supplied by the County Office of Community and Economic Development:
A. Name. The correct legal name of
each applicant, corporation, partnership, limited
partnership, or entity doing business under an assumed name.
B. Corporations, Partnerships, Assumed
Names;
1. If the applicant is a corporation,
partnership or limited partnership, or individual or entity
doing business under an assumed name, the information required below for individual applicants
shall be submitted for each partner and each principal of an applicant, and for each officer,
director and any shareholder (corporate or personal) of more than ten (10) percent of the stock of
any applicant shall be considered an applicant for purposes of disclosure under this chapter.
2. The shareholder disclosure requirements
above shall only be applicable for outcall service
licenses.
3. All corporations, partnerships
or noncorporate entities included on the application shall
also identify each individual authorized by the corporation, partnership or noncorporate entity to
sign the checks for such corporation, partnership or noncorporate entity.
C. Personal Information. For all applicants
or individuals, the application must also state:
1. Any other names or aliases used
by the individual;
2. The age, date and place of birth;
3. Height;
4. Weight;
5. Color of hair;
6. Color of eyes;
7. Present business address and telephone
number;
8. Present residence and telephone
number;
9. Social Security number.
D. Proof of Age. Acceptable written
proof that any individual is at least eighteen (18) years
of age.
E. Photographs -- Fingerprints. Attached
to the form, as provided above, two color
photographs of the applicant clearly showing the individual s face and the individual s
fingerprints on a form provided by the Sheriff s Department. For persons not residing in the
County, the photographs and fingerprints may be on a form from the law enforcement
jurisdiction where the person resides. Fees for the photographs and fingerprints shall be paid by
the applicant directly to the issuing agency.
F. Employment History. A statement
of the business, occupation or employment history of
the applicant for three years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application.
G. License or Permit History. A statement
detailing the license or permit history of the
applicant for the five year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application
including whether such applicant previously operated or sought to operate a sexually oriented
business in this or any other county, city, state or territory, has ever had a license, permit or
authorization to do business denied, revoked or suspended, or has ever had any professional or
vocational license or permit denied, revoked or suspended. A copy of any order of denial,
revocation or suspension shall be attached to the application.
H. Criminal Convictions. All criminal
convictions or pleas of nolo contendere except those
which have been expunged, and the disposition of all such arrests for the applicant, individual, or
other entity subject to disclosure under the chapter for five years prior to the date of application.
This disclosure shall include identification of all ordinance violations, excepting minor traffic
offenses (any traffic offense designated as a felony shall not be construed as a minor traffic
offense), stating the date, place, nature of each conviction or plea of nolo contendere and
sentence of each conviction or other disposition, identifying the convicting case numbers or
docket numbers. Application for a sexually oriented business or employee license shall constitute
permission for disclosure of any criminal conviction or plea of nolo contendere for the purposes
of any proceeding involving the business or employee license.
I. Lease or Rental Property. In the
event the applicant is not the owner of record of the real
property upon which the business or proposed business is or is to be located, the application must
be accompanied by a notarized statement from the legal or equitable owner of the possessory
interest in the property specifically acknowledging the type of business for which the applicant
seeks a license for the property. In addition to furnishing such notarized statement, the applicant
shall furnish the name, address and phone number of the owner of record of the property as well
as the copy of the lease or rental agreement pertaining to the premises in which the services is or
will be located.
J. Description of Services. A
description of the services to be provided by the business,
with sufficient detail to allow reviewing authorities to determine what business, with sufficient
detail to allow reviewing authorities to determine what business will be transacted on the
premises, together with a schedule of usual fees for services to be charged by the licensee, and
any rules, regulations or employment guidelines under or by which the business intends to
operate. This description shall also include:
1. The hours that the business or
service will be open to the public or private club members
and the methods of promoting the health and safety of the employees and patrons and preventing
them from engaging in illegal activity;
2. The methods of supervision preventing
the employees from engaging in acts of
prostitution or other related criminal activities;
3. The methods of supervising employees
and patrons to prevent employees and patrons
from charging or receiving fees for services or acts prohibited by this chapter or other statutes or
ordinances;
4. The methods of screening employees
and customers and promote the health and safety of
employees and customers and prevent the transmission of disease and prevent the commission of
acts or prostitution or other criminal activity.
K. False or Misleading Information.
It is unlawful to knowingly submit false or materially
misleading information on or with a sexually oriented business license application or to fail to
disclose or omit information for the purpose of obtaining a sexually oriented business or
employee license. (Ord. 4-2000 Art. X(J))