(1) Upon receipt of an application properly filed with the city clerk and upon payment of the nonrefundable application fee, the city clerk or his/her designee shall immediately stamp the application as received and shall immediately thereafter send photocopies of the application to other city departments or other agencies responsible for enforcement of health, fire, and building codes and laws. Each department or agency shall promptly conduct an investigation of the applicant’s application and the proposed sexually oriented business. Said investigation shall be completed within 60 working days of receipt of the application by the city clerk or his/her designee. At the conclusion of its investigation, each department or agency shall indicate on the photocopy of the application its recommendation as to approval or disapproval of the application, date it, sign it, and in the event it recommends disapproval, state the specific reasons therefor citing applicable laws or regulations.

(2) A department or agency shall recommend disapproval of 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 city. After its indication of approval or disapproval, each department or agency shall immediately return the photocopy of the application to the city clerk or his/her designee. (Ord. 1521 § 2 (Exh. A), 2023).