Chapter 4.75 ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Section 4.75.050 Issuance of license.
1. Upon the filing of a completed application under Section 4.75.040(2) for
an adult oriented business
license, the city clerk’ s office shall immediately issue a Temporary License to the applicant,
which
Temporary License shall expire upon the final decision of the City to deny or grant an annual license.
Within twenty (20) days of the filing date of a completed adult oriented business license application,
the
city clerk shall issue a license to the applicant or issue to the applicant a letter of intent to deny
the
application. The city clerk shall issue a license unless:
a. An applicant is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
b. An applicant has failed to provide information as required by Section 4.75.040
for issuance of a
license or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
c. The license application fee required by this Chapter has not been paid.
d. The adult oriented business, as defined herein, is not in compliance with
the interior configuration
requirements of this chapter or is not in compliance with the zoning requirements of the Sioux City
Municipal Code.
e. Any adult 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):
(1) been declared by a court
of law to be a nuisance; or
(2) been subject to an order
of closure or padlocking.
f. An applicant has been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a
specified criminal activity, as
defined in this ordinance.
g. Less than twelve months have expired since a license issued to the licensee
was revoked.(Ord. 2006-0415; 2004-1061)