16.50.040 Employee permit.
(A) Before any applicant may be issued a sexually oriented business employee permit, the applicant shall submit on a form to be provided by the city the following information:
(1) The applicant’s name or any other name (including “stage” names) or aliases used by the individual;
(2) Age, date, and place of birth;
(3) Height, weight, hair and eye color;
(4) Present residence address, telephone number and a valid email address;
(5) Present business address and telephone number;
(6) Date, issuing state and number of driver’s permit or other identification card information;
(7) Proof that the individual is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(B) Attached to the application form for a sexually oriented business employee permit, as provided above, shall be the following:
(1) A color photograph of the applicant clearly showing the applicant’s face, and the applicant’s fingerprints on a form provided by the police department. Any fees for the photographs and fingerprints shall be paid by the applicant.
(2) A statement detailing the license history of the applicant for the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant previously operated or is seeking to operate, in this or any other county, city, state, or country, has ever had a license, permit, or authorization to do business denied, revoked, or suspended, or had any professional or vocational license or permit denied, revoked, or suspended. In the event of any such denial, revocation, or suspension, state the name, the name of the issuing or denying jurisdiction, and describe in full the reason for the denial, revocation, or suspension. A copy of any order of denial, revocation, or suspension shall be attached to the application.
(3) A statement whether the applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal activity as defined in this chapter and, if so, the specified criminal activity involved, the date, place and jurisdiction of each.
(C) Upon the filing of an application for a sexually oriented business employee permit, the city shall issue a temporary permit to said applicant. The application shall then be referred to the appropriate city departments for an investigation to be made on such information as is contained on the application. The application process shall be completed within thirty (30) days from the date the completed application is filed. After the investigation, the city shall issue a permit, unless it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that one (1) or more of the following findings is true:
(1) The applicant has failed to provide information reasonably necessary for issuance of the permit or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form;
(2) The applicant is under the age of eighteen (18) years;
(3) The applicant has been convicted of a “specified criminal activity” as defined in this chapter;
(4) The sexually oriented business employee permit is to be used for employment in a business prohibited by local or state law, statute, rule or regulation, or prohibited by a particular provision of this chapter;
(5) The applicant has been denied a permit by the city to operate a sexually oriented business within the preceding twelve (12) months or has had a sexually oriented business operating permit revoked by the city; or
(6) The applicant has had a sexually oriented business employee permit revoked by the city within two (2) years of the date of the current application. If the sexually oriented business employee permit is denied, the temporary permit previously issued is immediately deemed null and void. Denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be subject to appeal as set forth herein. (Ord. No. 494, § 2, 7-3-01; Ord. No. 2003-08, § 3, 9-2-03; Ord. No. 2014-02, §§ 1, 2, 5-20-14; Ord. No. 2020-06, § 1, 12-1-20. 1976 Code § 8-5-4)