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Home My WebLink AboutORD 5893CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. 5893 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTIONS 5-12-4, 5-12-6, 5-12-9, 5-12-10, AND 5-12-11 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, AMENDING ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS LICENSE REGULATIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Sections 5-12-4, 5-12-6, 5-12-9, 5-12-10, and 5-12-11 of the Renton Municipal Code are amended as shown below. All other provisions of Chapter 5-12 remain in effect and unchanged. 5-12-4 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION: A. An application for an adult entertainment business license shall be made on forms provided by the Director and shall be signed by the applicant and notarized or certified to be true under penalty of perjury. The completed application shall include the following information and documents: 1. If the applicant is: a. A sole proprietor, he/she shall state his/her legal name, any aliases, stage names, previous names, date of birth, eptieRal-disclosure of Social Security number, mailing address, residential address and "satisfactory documentation," as defined herein, that he/she is eighteen (18) years of age or older. b. A partnership, the partnership shall state: (1) Its complete name, (2) The legal names, dates of birth and eptieRal disclosure of Social Security numbers of all general partners and significant limited partners, 1 ORDINANCE NO. 5893 and "satisfactory documentation," as defined herein, that each general partner and significant limited partner is eighteen (18) years of age or older, (3) Whether the partnership is general or limited and a copy of the partnership agreement, if any exists, (4) The mailing address for each general partner and significant limited partner or the address of the registered office for service of process, if any exists, (5) If any of the partners are corporations or limited liability companies, the information required in subsection A.1.c of this Section for each corporation or limited liability company. c. A corporation or limited liability company, the corporation or limited liability company shall state: (1) Its complete name, (2) The date of its incorporation or formation, (3) Evidence that the corporation or limited liability company is in good standing under the laws of the State of Washington, (4) The legal names, dates of birth, eptienaldisclosure of Social Security numbers, and capacity of all officers, directors, members and significant stockholders, and satisfactory documentation that each is eighteen (18) years of age or older, (5) The name of the registered agent for the corporation or limited liability company, 2 ORDINANCE NO. 5893 (6) The address of the registered office for service of process, and (7) In an affidavit from each officer, director, member or significant stockholder the relationship of each to the corporation or limited liability company. 2. If the applicant has had any criminal activity or is currently serving a sentence for a criminal activity, defined herein, within a five (5) year period immediately preceding the date of the application, and, if so, the criminal act involved and the date and place of the criminal activity. 3. If the applicant has, within the last two (2) years, had a previous permit or license under this Chapter or other similar ordinances from any other jurisdiction denied, suspended, or revoked, and, if so, the name and location of the adult entertainment business for which the permit or license was denied, suspended, or revoked, the entity denying the same, as well as the date of the denial, suspension, or revocation. 4. If the applicant holds any other permits and/or licenses for an adult entertainment business in the City or any other jurisdiction, and, if so, the names and locations of such other adult entertainment businesses. 5. The type of adult entertainment business license that is the subject of the license application. 6. The location of the proposed adult entertainment business, including a legal description of the property, street address, and telephone number(s). 3 ORDINANCE NO. 5893 7. Two (2) two inch by two inch (2" x 2") color photographs of the applicant taken within six (6) months of the date of the application, showing only the full face of the applicant. The photographs shall be provided at the applicant's expense. 8. A copy of the applicant's driver's license numbeF and/or State or federally issued photographic t-a* identification numbeF for the applicant. 9. A complete set of fingerprints of the applicant. utilizing fi"geFpFi t 10. A sketch or diagram showing the configuration of the adult entertainment business, including a statement of total floor space occupied by the business. The sketch or diagram must be drawn to a designated scale or drawn with marked dimensions of the interior of the premises to an accuracy of plus or minus six inches (±6") 11. Applicants for a license shall have a continuing duty to promptly supplement application information required in the event that said information changes in any way from what is stated on the application. The failure to comply with said continuing duty within thirty (30) days from the date of such change by supplementing the application on file with the Director shall be grounds for suspension of a license. 12. The license fee as established in this Chapter. 5-12-6 ISSUANCE OF ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS LICENSE: 4 ORDINANCE NO. 5893 A. The Director shall issue an adult entertainment business license within forty_five (45) days from the date of the application unless one or more of the criteria set forth in Section 5-12-7 of this Chapter is present. B. The license, if issued, shall state on its face the name of the person or persons to whom it is issued, the specific type of adult entertainment business, the expiration date, and the address of the adult entertainment business. The license shall have affixed to it one photograph of the applicant. The license shall VeaF fF9F., the date the license , erd. be valid for the calendar year in which the license is issued. License fees shall not be prorated for any portion of the year. 5-12-9 MANAGER AND ENTERTAINER LICENSE APPLICATION: An application for an adult entertainment business manager's or entertainer's license shall be made on forms provided by the Director and shall be signed by the applicant and notarized or certified to be true under penalty of perjury. The completed application shall contain a color photograph of the applicant to be taken by the DiFeGtOF and shall contain the following: A. The applicant's name, any aliases or previous names, any stage names or nicknames used in entertaining, home address, home telephone number, date and place of birth, and ept+eeal disclosure of Social Security number. B. Whether the applicant had any criminal activity, defined herein, within a five (5) year period immediately preceding the date of the application, and, if so, the criminal act involved and the date and place of the criminal activity. t 5 ORDINANCE NO. 5893 C. The names and addresses of all employers or individuals or businesses for whom the applicant was an employee or independent contractor for the period of two (2) years immediately prior to the application date, and the time period of such employment. D. The name and address of each adult entertainment business at which the applicant intends to work as an entertainer. E. "Satisfactory documentation," as defined herein, that the applicant is eighteen (18) years of age or older. F. Evidence of the applicant having been fingerprinted. frem t#e1Don� G. The license fee as established in this Chapter. 5-12-10 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE FOR MANAGER AND ENTERTAINER: A. The Director shall issue an entertainer or manager license PF9FRptly upon approval feeei�of a tl+e completed application. , e idenee of fing^-^F*^t0Ag by the B. The license shall state on its face the name of the person to whom it is issued and the expiration date. The li =eRse `hall expiFe ene yeaF 49FA the the "PPRA^ ^�. The license shall be valid for the calendar year in which the license is issued. License fees shall not be prorated for any portion of the year. C. The Director shall revoke an issued manager or entertainer license, for not more than one year, if such manager or entertainer had a criminal activity, as ORDINANCE NO. 5893 defined herein, in association with adult entertainment, within the preceding two (2) years for a misdemeanor or five (5) years for a felony. 5-12-11 LICENSE RENEWAL: A. An application for renewal of a license issued under this Chapter shall: 1. Be made on forms provided by the Director, signed by the applicant and notarized or certified to be true under penalty of perjury, and submitted to the Director no later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of such license; and 2. Include payment of the license fees as established in this Chapter. B. All applicants for a license renewal shall present their current license for verification of identity and a current photograph, and upon issuance of a renewed license; shall surrender the expiring license to the Director. C. The Director shall renew a license upon submittal of the renewal application and review of the renewal application and applicant's file, unless the Director is aware of facts from this review that would disqualify the applicant from being issued the renewal license; and further provided, that the application complies with all provisions of this Chapter. SECTION II. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance. 7 ORDINANCE NO. 5893 SECTION III. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall consist of this ordinance's title. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 5th day of November, 2018. APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 5th day of November, 20 Approved as to form: Shane Moloney, City Attorney Date of Publication: 11/9/2018 (Summary) ORD:2030:10/2/18:scr I �- lne�� Denis Law, Mayor \\��ti�n a ntirrrr SEAL �-j