Chapter 125 – Sexually Oriented Businesses

Department, Fire Department, Building Official, Zoning Official, and other City officials designated by the City. 4. If a person who wishes to operate a sexually oriented business is an individual, he or she must sign the application for a permit as applicant. If a person who wishes to operate a sexually oriented business is other than an individual, each individual who has a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the business must sign the application for a permit as applicant. If a corporation is listed as owner of a sexually oriented business or as the entity that wishes to operate such a business, each individual having a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the corporation must sign the application for a permit as applicant. 5. The fact that a person possesses other types of State or City permits and/or licenses does not exempt said person from the requirement of obtaining a sexually oriented business permit. 6. Applications for a permit, whether original or renewal, must be made to the Director by the intended operator of the enterprise. Applications must be submitted by hand delivery to the office of the Director during regular working hours. Application forms shall be supplied by the Director. The intended operator shall be required to give the following information on the application form: A. The name, street address (and mailing address if different) and Iowa driver’s license number of the intended operator; B. The name and street address (and mailing address if different) of the owner; C. The name under which the establishment is to be operated and a general description of the services to be provided; D. The telephone number of the establishment; E. The address and legal description of the tract of land on which the establishment is to be located; F. If the establishment is in operation, the date on which the owner acquiring the establishment began operations as a sexually oriented business at the location for which the permit is sought; G. If the establishment is not in operation, the expected start-up date (which shall be expressed in number of days from the date of issuance of the permit). If the expected start-up date is to be more than ten (10) days following the date of issuance of the permit, then a detailed explanation of the construction, repair or remodeling work or other cause of the expected delay and a statement of the owner’s time schedule and plan for accomplishing the same; and H. Statement that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony or released from confinement for conviction of a felony, whichever event is later, within five (5) years immediately preceding the application, or has not been convicted of a misdemeanor or released from confinement for conviction of a misdemeanor, whichever event is later, within two (2) years immediately preceding the application, where such felony or misdemeanor involved sexual offenses, prostitution, sexual abuse of a child, or pornography and related offenses, as defined in the Code of Iowa, Federal law, or the statutes of any other state, or controlled substance or illegal drugs or narcotics offenses, as defined in the Code of Iowa, Federal law or the statutes of any other state, or has not been convicted of a municipal ordinance violation or released from confinement for conviction of a municipal ordinance violation, whichever event is later, within two (2) years immediately preceding the application, where such municipal ordinance violation