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CHAPTER 125 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES 2. The City Administrator shall also revoke a permit if it is determined that: A. A permittee gave false or misleading information in the material submitted during the application process. B. A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed possession, use, or sale of controlled substances on the premises. C. A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed prostitution on the premises. D. A permittee or an employee knowingly operated the sexually oriented business during a period of time when the permittee’s permit was suspended. E. A permittee or an employee has knowingly allowed any act of sexual intercourse, sodomy, oral copulation, masturbation, or other sexual conduct to occur in or on the premises. F. A permittee is delinquent in the payment to the City or State for any taxes or fees past due. G. The owner or operator of the establishment knowingly allowed a person under 18 years of age to enter an establishment. H. There was a change of owner or operator for which a transfer application was not filed in a timely manner. 3. When the City Administrator revokes a permit, the revocation shall continue for one year, and the permittee shall not be issued a sexually oriented business permit for one year from the date revocation became effective. If, subsequent to revocation, the City Administrator finds that the basis for the revocation has been corrected or abated, the applicant may be granted a permit if at least 90 days has elapsed since the date the revocation became effective. 125.11 TRANSFER OF PERMIT. A permittee shall not transfer the permit to another, nor shall a permittee operate a sexually oriented business under the authority of a permit at any place other than the address designated in the application. 125.12 LOCATION RESTRICTIONS. Sexually oriented business shall be permitted in any M-2 zoned commercial district, provided that: 1. The sexually oriented business may not be operated within 1,000 feet of: A. A church, synagogue, or regular place of religious worship; B. A public or private elementary or secondary school; C. A boundary of any residential district; D. A public park; E. A licensed day-care center; or F. Another sexually oriented business. 2. A sexually oriented business may not be operated in the same building, structure, or portion thereof, containing another sexually oriented business. 3. For the purpose of this section, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1034 -