§ 62-4953. Application.

(a)

Required information and documents. Any individual, partnership or corporation desiring to engage in the business of operating an adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater or adult dancing establishment shall file an application with the county code compliance department. The application shall contain, at a minimum, the following information, and shall be accompanied by the following documents:

(1)

If the applicant is:

a.

An individual, legal name, aliases, and date of birth aliases;

b.

A partnership, the full name of the partnership and the legal names, aliases, and dates of birth used by all general partners, accompanied by, if in existence, a copy of the written partnership agreement; or

c.

A corporation, the exact corporate name, the date of incorporation, and the legal names, aliases, and dates of birth and the capacity of all the officers, directors.

(2)

If the business is to be conducted under a name other than that of the applicant, the business name and the county of registration under F.S. § 865.09 or its successor statute;

(3)

Whether the applicant or any of the other individuals listed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section has, within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the application, been convicted of a specified criminal act, and, if so, the particular criminal act involved and the place of conviction;

(4)

Whether the applicant or any of the other individuals listed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section has had its license under this article previously suspended or revoked, or has been a partner in a partnership or an officer, or director of a corporation whose license under this article has previously been suspended or revoked, including the date of suspension or revocation;

(5)

The classification of the license for which the application is being filed;

(6)

Whether the applicant holds any other adult entertainment establishment licenses, and, if so, the number and locations of such licensed premises;

(7)

The location of the proposed establishment, including a legal description legal street address, and business phone number;

(8)

The names, aliases, and dates of birth of the employees, if known, or, if presently unknown or if there will be no employees, a statement to that effect; and

(9)

A floor plan, drawn to substantially accurate scale, of the proposed licensed premises, indicating the areas to be covered by the license, all windows, doors, entrances and exits, and the fixed structural features of the proposed licensed premises. The term "fixed structural features," for purposes of this subsection, shall include walls, stages, immovable partitions, projection booths, admission booths, concession booths or stands, immovable counters and similar structures that are intended to be permanent.

(10)

If the applicant is not the owner of the real property, both a notarized statement that the owner of the real property has approved of the proposed adult entertainment use, and a copy of the lease or other rental agreement.

(b)

Fee. Each application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $200.00 payable at the time the application is filed. If a license is approved, the fee shall be applied to the license fee required for the first year pursuant to section 62-4957.

(Code 1979, § 14-240; Ord. No. 01-53, § 6, 9-11-01)