§ 10-143. Application and issuance.

(a)

Every employee of an adult entertainment establishment shall file an application for an adult entertainment permit with the city clerk. The fingerprints and a photograph of the applicant names of establishments where the applicant is to work or perform shall be furnished by the applicant at the time of filing his application. There shall be submitted with each application for a permit proof of the applicant's age. Such proof may be provided by production of the applicant's driver's license, passport or a certified copy of his birth certificate. If the applicant is unable to furnish any of such documents, a certificate from the public school authorities as to the age of the applicant upon entering school as required by F.S. § 232.03 or the school authorities of the state where the applicant enrolled in school shall be submitted. Upon inability of applicant to establish a birth date, the birth date may be established in the order of preference as provided by F.S. § 232.03. However, uncertified copies of such documents shall not be accepted. The city clerk may request an applicant to provide such information as is necessary to effect other purposes of this article.

(b)

All applications shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $50.00.

(c)

The city clerk shall submit the names of all applicants for an adult entertainment permit who intend to work in an adult dancing establishment or a massage establishment to the health department. If, in the 30 days immediately preceding submission of an application, such applicant was a known carrier of any notifiable communicable disease, as defined in F.A.C. ch. 10D-3, the health department shall notify the city clerk, and no permit shall be issued unless and until the applicant presents a statement from a licensed physician certifying that the applicant is free of all notifiable communicable diseases.

(d)

At the time an applicant applies for a permit and completes all requirements for the issuance of a permit, he shall be issued a temporary permit valid for seven days. No later than seven days from the filing of an application and, if applicable, upon presentation of the statement of a licensed physician as required in subsection (c) of this section, the city clerk shall issue a permit.

(e)

It shall be the duty of the city clerk to issue the applicant a written permit, which shall be signed by the city clerk and shall bear the name, address, sex, age, signature and photograph of the applicant. The city clerk shall procure the fingerprints and a photograph of the applicant and the names of all entertainment establishments where the applicant is to work or perform and shall keep the fingerprints, photograph and names of establishments on permanent file in his office. Upon delivery of the permit to the applicant, the applicant may begin working on the licensed premises as a permanent employee. Any applicant who does not possess a driver's license, passport or certified copy of his birth certificate may obtain a temporary permit upon completion of all other requirements for an application and submission of a written request to the appropriate authority in his state of birth that certified evidence of his date of birth be sent to the city clerk.

(f)

No permit shall be issued when its issuance would violate a statute, ordinance, law or when an order from a court of law prohibits the applicant from obtaining an adult entertainment permit in the city.

(g)

Any adult entertainment establishment holding a valid adult entertainment license issued pursuant to this article shall be permitted to provide its employees with current permit application forms approved by the city clerk and to take the photograph of the applicant in a manner and with equipment approved by the city clerk on the express condition that the establishment:

(1)

Require the employee to complete the application form and be photographed within one working day after the time the employee begins to work or perform in the establishment.

(2)

Mail a notice in writing to the city clerk within one working day after the employee has begun to work or perform at the establishment.

(3)

Make the employee available for fingerprinting at a time and location to be determined by an agent appointed by the city clerk at which time and place the employee shall present to the agent the employee's completed application form and photograph.

(4)

On the first Monday of every month provide the city clerk with a current listing of all employees and their positions.

(5)

In exchange for acceptance of the benefits provided by this section, waive any and all rights to challenge the permit requirements of this article.

(6)

Reimburse the city for reasonable additional expenses incurred pursuant to this section.

(Code 1988, § 2.5-77(c))