§ 26½-5. Issuance of license.
(a)
Upon the filing of a completed application for a sexually oriented business license, the county administrator shall immediately issue a temporary license to the applicant, which temporary license shall expire upon the final decision of the county to deny or grant an annual license. Within twenty (20) days of the filing of a completed sexually oriented business license, the county administrator shall issue a license to the applicant or issue to the applicant a letter of intent to deny the application. The county administrator shall issue a license unless:
(1)
An applicant is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(2)
An applicant has failed to provide information pursuant to section 26½-3 for issuance of a license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
(3)
The license application fee required by this ordinance [chapter] has not been paid.
(4)
The sexually oriented business, as defined herein, is not in compliance with the interior configuration requirements of this ordinance [chapter] or is not in compliance with locational requirements of this ordinance [chapter] or any other part of the Nassau County Code.
(5)
Any sexually oriented business in which the applicant has had an influential interest, has, in the previous five (5) years (and at a time during which the applicant had the influential interest):
a.
Been declared by a court of law to be a nuisance; or
b.
Been subject to an order of closure or padlocking.
(6)
An applicant has been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contrendere to a specified criminal activity, ad defined in this ordinance [chapter].
(b)
Upon the filing of a completed application for a sexually oriented business employee license, the Nassau County Administrator shall immediately issue a temporary license to the applicant, which temporary license shall expire upon the final decision of the county to deny or grant an annual license. Within twenty (20) days of the filing date of a completed sexually oriented business employee license application, the county administrator shall either issue a license or issue a written notice of intent to deny a license to the applicant. The county administrator shall approve the issuance of a license unless:
(1)
An applicant is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(2)
An applicant has failed to provide information pursuant to section 26½-4 for issuance of a license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
(3)
The license application fee required by this ordinance [chapter] has not been paid.
(4)
Any sexually oriented business in which the applicant has had an influential interest, has, in the previous five (5) years (and at a time during which the applicant had the influential interest):
a.
Been declared by a court of law to be a nuisance; or
b.
Been subject to an order of closure or padlocking.
(5)
An applicant has been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contrendere to a specified criminal activity, ad defined in this ordinance [chapter].
(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 the licensee(s), 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 read at any time. A sexually oriented business employee shall keep the employee's license on his/her person or on the premises where the licensee is then working or performing.
(Ord. No. 2005-10, § 5, 3-28-05)