§ 1704. Issuance of license.

A.

The Director of Finance shall issue a license to an applicant within thirty (30) days after receipt of an application unless the Chief of Police finds one or more of the following to be true:

1.

An applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age;

2.

An applicant is overdue in payment to the City of taxes, fees, fines or penalties assessed against or imposed upon the applicant in relation to a sexually oriented business;

3.

An applicant has failed to provide information required for issuance of the license or has falsely answered a question on the application form;

4.

An applicant has been convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter, other than the offense of operating a sexually oriented business without a license, within two (2) years immediately preceding the application. The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect;

5.

The license fee required by this chapter has not been paid;

6.

An applicant has been employed in a sexually oriented business in a managerial capacity within the preceding twelve (12) months and has demonstrated that he is unable to operate or manage a sexually oriented business premises in a peaceful and law-abiding manner, thus necessitating action by law enforcement officers;

7.

An applicant or the proposed establishment is in violation of or is not in compliance with Sections 1706, 1712, 1713 or 1714; or

8.

An applicant has been convicted of a crime:

a.

Involving:

(1)

Any of the offenses as described in Title 21, Chapters 39, 42 and 45 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

(2)

Any of the following offenses as described in Title 27 of the Tulsa Revised Ordinances:

(a)

Aiding, abetting or harboring a runaway child;

(b)

Outraging public decency;

(c)

Operating a place of prostitution;

(d)

Receiving or transporting for the purpose of prostitution;

(e)

Procuring or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution;

(f)

Engaging in prostitution;

(g)

Engaging in lewdness;

(h)

Exposing minors to harmful materials; or

(i)

Criminal attempt, conspiracy or solicitation to commit any of the foregoing offenses listed in (1) or (2), above;

b.

For which:

(1)

Less than two (2) years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement imposed for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a misdemeanor offense;

(2)

Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of conviction or the date of release from confinement for the conviction, whichever is the later date, if the conviction is of a felony offense; or

(3)

Less than five (5) years have elapsed since the date of the last conviction or the date of release from confinement for the last conviction, whichever is the later date, if the convictions are of two (2) or more misdemeanor offenses or combination of misdemeanor offenses occurring within any twenty-four (24) month period.

B.

The fact that a conviction is being appealed shall have no effect on the disqualification of the applicant.

C.

An applicant who has been convicted of an offense listed in paragraph 1704.A.8 may qualify for a sexually oriented business license only when the time period required therein has elapsed.

D.

The 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 address of the sexually oriented business. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the sexually oriented business so that it may be easily read at any time.

(Ord. No. 17675)