(a) Every person who proposes to establish, maintain, operate or conduct an adult or sexually oriented business in the city shall file an "Application for Adult or Sexually Oriented Business Permit" with the city administrator, upon a form provided by the city, and shall pay a nonrefundable filing fee, at a rate established by resolution adopted by the city council from time to time.
(b) Adult or sexually oriented business permits are nontransferable, except in accordance with section
5.87; therefore, all applications shall include the following information:
(1) If the applicant is an individual, the individual shall state his or her full legal name, including any aliases, present street address of the actual location of the individual's residence and business, and submit satisfactory written proof that he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) If the applicant is a partnership, the partners shall state the partnership's complete name, present street address of the actual location of the partnership's business office, the names of all partners, whether the partnership is general or limited, and attach a copy of the partnership agreement, if any.
(3) If the applicant is a corporation, the corporation shall provide its complete name, the date of its incorporation, evidence that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of California, the names and capacity of all officers and directors, the name of the registered corporate agent and the street address of the registered office for service of process.
(c) If the applicant is an individual, he or she shall sign the application. If the applicant is other than an individual, an officer of the business entity or an individual with authority to bind the business entity shall sign the application. The application shall be signed under the penalty of perjury.
(d) If the applicant intends to operate the adult or sexually oriented business under a name other than that of the applicant, the applicant shall file a fictitious business name statement for the adult or sexually oriented business with the County of Los Angeles and provide proof of registration of the fictitious business name to the city.
(e) A description of the type of adult or sexually oriented business for which the permit is requested and the address or proposed address where the adult or sexually oriented business will operate, plus the names and street addresses of the actual location of residence and business of the owners and lessors of the adult or sexually oriented business site.
(f) The address to which notice of action on the application is to be mailed.
(g) The names of all employees, independent contractors, and other persons who will perform at the adult or sexually oriented business, or who are required by section
5.88 to obtain an adult or sexually oriented business employee permit.
(h) A sketch or diagram showing the interior configuration of the premises, including a statement of the total floor area occupied by the adult or sexually oriented business. The sketch or diagram need not be professionally prepared, but must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six (6) inches.
(i) A straight-line drawing prepared within thirty (30) days prior to application depicting the building and the portion thereof to be occupied by the adult or sexually oriented business, and: (1) the property line of any other adult or sexually oriented business within 1500 feet of the primary entrance of the adult or sexually oriented business for which a permit is requested; and (2) the property lines of any church, school, public park, public building, boys club, girls club, youth center, recreational area, residential dwelling unit or use, bar, tavern, pool hall or liquor store within 1500 feet of the property line of the adult or sexually oriented business.
(j) A diagram of the off-street parking areas and premises entries of the adult or sexually oriented business showing the location of the lighting system and security system required by section
5.92.
(k) Whether the applicant or principals thereof have been convicted, within the past fifteen years, of a sexual crime against children, sexual abuse, rape, or crimes connected with another adult or sexually oriented business including, but not limited to, distribution of obscenity or material harmful to minors, prostitution or pandering and, if so, the dates of conviction, confinement, and release, or has been convicted of a crime requiring registration under Penal Code Section 290.
(1) Whether the applicant or any of the other individuals identified in the application pursuant to this section has had a previous permit under this article or other similar ordinances from another city or county denied, suspended or revoked, including the name and location of the adult or sexually oriented business for which the permit was denied, suspended, or revoked, as well as the date of the denial, suspension or revocation, and whether the applicant or any other individual identified in the application pursuant to this section has been an owner, partner in a partnership or an officer, director or principal stockholder of a corporation that is permitted under this article whose permit has previously been denied, suspended or revoked, including the name and location of the adult or sexually oriented business for which the permit was denied, suspended or revoked as well as the date of denial, suspension or revocation.
(m) Whether the applicant or any other individual identified in the application pursuant to this section holds any other permits and/or licenses under this article or any other similar adult or sexually oriented business ordinance from another city or county and, if so, the names and locations of such other permitted businesses.
(n) The fact that an applicant possesses other types of state or city permits or licenses does not exempt the applicant from the requirement of obtaining an adult or sexually oriented business permit.
