§ 19-377. License required.

(a)

From and after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived, no adult business shall be operated in the county unless the owner or lessee thereof has obtained a license from the unified government board of commissioners. Each license shall be valid only from January 1 to December 31 of each calendar year.

(b)

A license may be issued only for one adult business, located at a fixed and certain place. Any person, partnership, or corporation which desires to operate more than one adult business must have a separate application and license for each.

(c)

No license or interest in a license may be assigned, sold, or transferred.

(d)

Transfer of ownership or control of an adult business shall automatically and immediately act as a revocation of the license.

(e)

It shall be unlawful for any entertainer, operator, masseur, masseuse, model, or employee of any kind to knowingly work in or about, or to knowingly perform any service directly related to the operation of any unlicensed adult business.

(f)

All existing adult businesses outside the city at the time of the passage of the ordinance from which this article is derived must submit an application for a license by December 31, 2005.

(Ord. No. O-01-07(Res. No. R-01-07), § 1(2.5-3), 1-4-2007)