6.64.050 License applications.
(a) Adult Cabaret License. All applications for an adult cabaret license or renewal thereof shall be submitted in the true name of the operator of the adult cabaret at the business or commercial premises to which the application pertains. The operator must disclose the name of the true owner of the adult cabaret business on the application. The operator, under penalty of perjury, shall sign and notarize or certify that all of the operators as defined in this chapter are listed, the true owner has been disclosed, and all of the information provided is true and correct. Any change in ownership in the adult cabaret must be reported to the city clerk-treasurer within twenty days of such change(s).
(b) All applications shall be submitted on a form supplied by the city clerk-treasurer, which shall require the following information:
(1) If the applicant is an individual or partnership, the name, home address, home telephone number, date and place of birth, and social security number of the applicant and of any operator(s). If the applicant is a partnership, all such information must be provided for all general partners;
(2) The business name, address, and telephone number of the establishment;
(3) If the applicant is a corporation, the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers of all operators and of all corporate officers and directors. The same information shall be required from each parent company or affiliate;
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of the true owner of the adult cabaret;
(5) The name, address and telephone number of the owner of the property on which the adult cabaret is located;
(6) The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all employees of the adult cabaret;
(7) A statement detailing whether the applicant or any operator, partner, corporate officer, director, or shareholder of fifty percent or more of any class of an operator's stock, holds any other licenses under this chapter or any similar adult cabaret, adult entertainment or sexually oriented business ordinance, including motion picture theaters and panorams from the city or another city, county, or state, and if so, the names and addresses of each other licensed business and the jurisdiction(s) in which such businesses are located; and
(8) A description of the adult cabaret or sexually oriented adult entertainment business history of the applicant; whether such person or entity, in previously operating in this or another city, county or state, has had a business license or adult entertainment license revoked or suspended, the reason therefore, and the activity or occupation of the applicant subsequent to such action, suspension or revocation.
(c) Application for Manager or Entertainer License. All applications for a manager's or entertainer's license, or any renewal thereof, shall be signed by the applicant and notarized or certified to be true under penalty of perjury. At the time of the application, a picture shall be taken of the applicant by the city clerk-treasurer. All applications shall be submitted on a form supplied by the city clerk-treasurer, which shall require the following information:
(1) The applicant's name, home address, home telephone number, date and place of birth, social security number, and the name, address and phone number of the adult cabaret or adult cabarets at which the applicant will work, any stage names or nicknames used in entertaining, and any aliases past and present;
(2) The form shall also require the applicant to disclose all prior criminal convictions, including the crime(s) convicted of, place, and the approximate date of each such conviction.
(3) With the application an applicant shall present picture identification, which shall include:
(A) A motor vehicle operator's license, issued by the state of Washington, bearing the applicant's photograph and date of birth; or
(B) A Washington State issued identification card bearing the applicant's photograph and date of birth, or
(C) Any other form of reliable picture identification bearing the applicant's photograph and date of birth.
(d) The city clerk-treasurer shall issue the adult cabaret license, manager license, or entertainer license promptly upon receipt of the application, the information required to be in the application, the investigation by the police department in accordance with subsection (d) of this section and the applicable license fee.
(e) The city clerk-treasurer, upon presentation of such applications and before acting upon the same, shall refer such applications to the police department, which shall make a full investigation as to the truth of the statements contained therein.
(f) Duty to Supplement Application. In the event that any information on any application for a license under this chapter becomes outdated or otherwise inaccurate or incomplete, including but not limited to substantial changes to an applicant's hair style and color, or facial or other features including tattoos, an applicant or license holder shall appear before the city clerk-treasurer within twenty days and provide current information, including, when applicable, being photographed by the city clerk-treasurer or his/her designee to accurately reflect any change in appearance when compared to the most recent photograph available as required under Section 6.64.050(c) of this chapter.
(g) Manager as agent for owner or operator. In addition to the other licensing requirements set forth in this section, applicants for manager's licenses shall verify under penalty of perjury that the applicant is an authorized agent of the owner and operator and that the manager is acting on behalf of and in furtherance of the owner's and operator's interest in operating and maintaining an adult cabaret. (Ord. 1645, § 2, 2005; Ord. 1190,, 1994.)