§ 151.202. License required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on in the City, the operation of a dancing entertainment establishment without having first obtained a license under this Chapter.

(b)

Where a person lawfully operated a dancing entertainment establishment prior to this Chapter being adopted to require such person to obtain a license, such person shall have 45 days from the date of such adoption in which to apply for the license and may operate such business without a license for such time and until the Sheriff denies the request for a license pursuant to Section 151.206.

(c)

Each licensed premises shall comply with and be subject to the placement and distance limitation requirements set forth in Part 11, Chapter 656, Ordinance Code. For purposes of these requirements, in every instance where the term "adult entertainment or service facility" is used within Part 11, Chapter 656, it shall be replaced with and understood to mean "dancing entertainment establishment" as such term is set forth and defined in Section 151.103 (Definitions), Ordinance Code.

(Ord. 2005-743-E, § 2; Ord. 2006-136-E, § 2; Ord. 2014-164-E, § 1)