5.68.110 Issuance and denial of licenses.
A. Issuance of Adult Business License.
1. The finance director shall grant or deny an application for an adult business license within thirty-five (35) calendar days from the date a complete application is filed unless a ten (10) day extension is granted as provided in RMC 5.68.100.A in which case the finance director shall grant or deny an application for an adult business license within forty-five (45) calendar days from the date a complete application is filed.
2. The finance director shall issue an adult business license unless one or more of the criteria set forth in RMC 5.68.110.C.1 is present.
3. An adult business license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is granted, the expiration date, and the name and address of the adult entertainment facility. An adult business license shall be posted in a conspicuous place, at or near the entrance to the adult entertainment facility.
4. Each adult business license shall expire annually on January 31.
B. Issuance of Manager’s or Entertainer’s License.
1. The finance director shall grant or deny an application for a manager’s or entertainer’s license within thirty-five (35) calendar days from the date a complete application is filed.
2. An applicant for a manager’s or entertainer’s license shall be issued a temporary license upon receipt of a complete license application and fee. Said temporary license shall automatically expire on the fifteenth day following the filing of a complete application and fee, unless the finance director has failed to approve or deny the license application, in which case the temporary license shall be valid until the finance director approves or denies the application, or until the final determination of any appeal from a denial of the application. In no event may the finance director extend the application review time for more than an additional twenty (20) days.
3. The finance director shall issue a manager’s or entertainer’s license unless one or more of the criteria set forth in RMC 5.68.110.C.1 is present.
4. A manager’s or entertainer’s license, if granted, shall state on its face the name of the person to whom it is granted, the expiration date, and the name and address of the adult entertainment facility at which the manager, entertainer, escort or nude or semi-nude model will work or perform. Each manager, entertainer, and nude or semi-nude model shall ensure that his or her license is posted in a conspicuous place, at or near the entrance to the adult entertainment facility, at all times he or she is working or performing in the adult entertainment facility. Each escort shall carry his or her license at all times he or she is working within the City of Redmond as an escort.
5. Each manager’s or entertainer’s license shall expire annually on January 31.
C. Denial of License Application.
1. The finance director shall deny a license application if it is demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that one or more of the following findings is true:
a. The premises to be used for the proposed adult entertainment facility are not in compliance with applicable laws and ordinances.
b. An applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age.
c. An applicant has failed to provide information required by this chapter or has falsely answered a question or request for information on the application form.
d. An applicant has failed to comply with any provision or requirement of this chapter.
e. An application fee required by this chapter has not been paid.
f. An applicant has been convicted of a specified criminal offense committed on the premises of the adult entertainment facility for which he or she is licensed within the time periods provided in the definition in RMC 5.68.030, Specified criminal offense.
2. In the event the finance director denies an application, the finance director shall do so in writing, and shall state the specific reasons therefor, including applicable laws.
3. Denial of a license application is subject to appeal as set forth in RMC 5.68.150. (Ord. 2546 § 2 (part), 2010: Ord. 1966 § 7, 1998; Ord. 1920 § 3, 1996).