Sec. 24-244. Sexually oriented business employee license.
(a) Each individual who will be employed in a sexually oriented business who engages in the services rendered by a nude modeling studio, escort or escort agency, sexual encounter establishment, massage parlor except for massage parlors licensed pursuant to applicable provisions of this Code, or a live performer or entertainer, shall be required to obtain a sexually oriented business employee license. Each applicant shall pay a permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Said fee is to cover the reasonable administrative costs of the licensing application process.
(b) Before any applicant may be issued a sexually oriented business employee license, an applicant shall submit on a form to be provided by the Town department of planning and zoning, or its designee, the following information:
(1) The applicant's name and any other names (including stage names or aliases) used by the individual;
(2) Age, and date and place of birth;
(3) Height, weight, hair and eye color;
(4) Present business address and telephone number; and
(5) Acceptable written proof that the individual is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) After the application is completed and filed and the license fee is paid, the Town department of planning and zoning, or its designee, shall issue a license unless it finds that one or more of the following findings is true:
(1) The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement of a material fact in the application for a license, or in any report or record required to be filed with the Town of Schererville Department of Planning and Zoning or any other department of the Town;
(2) The applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age;
(3) The sexually oriented business employee license is to be used for employment in a business prohibited by local or state law, statute, rule or regulation, or prohibited by particular provisions of this article.
(d) Renewal of license.
(1) A license granted pursuant to this section shall be subject to annual renewal by the Town department of planning and zoning, or its designee, upon the written application of the applicant and a finding by the Town department of planning and zoning, or its designee, that the applicant has not committed any act during the existence of the previous license period which would be grounds to deny the initial permit application.
(2) The renewal fee for the license shall be the same as the initial application fee.