§ 26-191. Investigation of application.

(a)

Upon receipt of an application for a permit under this division properly filed with the county community development services division and upon payment of the nonrefundable application fee, the community development services division administrator, or his designee, shall immediately stamp the application as received and shall immediately thereafter send photocopies of the application to the sheriff's office and any other state, county or municipal agencies responsible for enforcement of health, fire and building codes and laws. Each department or agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the applicant, application and the proposed sexually-oriented business in accordance with its responsibilities under law and as set forth in this article. Said investigation shall be completed within 20 days of receipt of the application by the community development services division administrator or his designee. At the conclusion of its investigation, each department or agency shall indicate on the photocopy of the application its approval or disapproval of the application, date it, sign it, and, in the event it disapproves, state the reasons therefor. The sheriff's office shall only be required to certify the FCIC/NCIC records request check mentioned at section 26-157(b). The sheriff's office shall not be required to approve or disapprove applications.

(b)

A department or agency shall disapprove an application if it finds that the proposed sexually-oriented business will be in violation of any provision of any statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other law in effect in the county or applicable municipality. After its indication of approval or disapproval, each department or agency shall immediately return the photocopy of the application to the community development services division administrator or his designee.

(Ord. No. 91-83, § 7)