5.20.040 Licenses required.
(1) Business License.
(a) No person shall operate an adult entertainment business at a location in the city unless the person holds a valid adult entertainment business license issued by the director in the person’s name, for the location and for one or more of the following types of adult entertainment business being operated on the premises:
(i) Adult club;
(ii) Adult bookstore;
(iii) Adult arcade; or
(iv) Adult theater.
(b) No person shall knowingly allow the use of that person’s property located in the city for the operation of an adult entertainment business that is not licensed under this chapter.
(c) No person shall knowingly manage or participate in the management of an adult entertainment business, located in the city, that is not licensed under this chapter.
(d) No person shall knowingly work as an employee or entertainer in or about an adult entertainment business, located in the city, that is not licensed under this chapter.
(e) No person granted an adult entertainment business license under this chapter shall operate the adult entertainment business under a name not specified on the license.
(f) No person shall operate an adult entertainment business at a location not specified on the license.
(2) Manager License. No person shall act as a manager of an adult entertainment business located in the city without having first obtained a manager license pursuant to CMC 5.20.070.
(3) Entertainer License. No person shall act as an entertainer at an adult entertainment business located in the city without having first obtained an entertainer license.
(4) Duty to Supplement. An applicant for, or a holder of, a license issued under this chapter shall modify or supplement application information, on file with the director, within 10 days of a change if the information changes materially from what is stated on the applicant or holder’s application.
(5) Assignment or transfer of license prohibited. A license issued under this chapter may not be assigned or transferred as part of a transaction, including, but not limited to, the sale, exchange, establishment of a trust or any other means.
(6) Original Required. A photocopy or other form of reproduction is not acceptable as proof of a license required under this chapter. (Ord. 05-02 § 3)