Sec. 151.204. - Dancing entertainment establishment license.

(a) A person desiring to engage in the business of operating a dancing entertainment establishment shall file with the Sheriff a sworn application on forms supplied by the Sheriff. The application shall contain at least the following information and be accompanied by the following documents: (1) If the applicant is: (i) An individual, his name. (ii) A partnership, the full name of the partnership and the name of the managing partner and the names of all other partners, whether general or limited, accompanied by the partnership instrument or a certified copy thereof. (iii) A corporation, the exact corporate name and state of incorporation and the name of the chief executive officer and the names of all other officers, and directors, accompanied by the articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto and the certificate of incorporation, or certified copies thereof. (2) If the business is to be conducted under another name than that of the applicant, the business name and the county of registration under F.S. § 865.09. (3) Whether any of the individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (1) or whether the applicant has had a license under this Chapter or Chapter 150 previously revoked or has been a partner in a partnership or an officer, director or principal stockholder of a corporation whose license under this Chapter or Chapter 150 has previously been revoked. (4) Whether any of the individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (1) has, within the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of the application, been convicted of a specified criminal act and, if so, the particular criminal act involved and the place of conviction. Conviction includes a plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, or withhold of adjudication of guilt upon being charged with a violation. (5) The proposed location of the business. (6) Whether the applicant holds another license under this Chapter or Chapter 150 and, if so, the number and location of the licensed premises. (7) A plan drawn to appropriate scale of the proposed licensed premises indicating all windows, doors, rooms, entrances and exits and the fixed structural features of the proposed licensed premises. The term fixed structural features shall include walls, immovable partitions, admission booths, concession booths or stands, immovable counters and similar structures that are intended to be permanent. (8) Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified as required to be set forth in the application. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny to the Sheriff the right to take the fingerprints and additional photographs of the applicant, officers, directors, or partners, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to deny the right of the Sheriff to confirm, by independent investigation, the truth and accuracy of the above information. (9) Proof of proper zoning from the Planning and Development Department. (10) Each application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as found in www.jaxsheriff.org/fees , or by a receipt of the Tax Collector evidencing payment of the fee, at the time the application is filed. If the application for a license is approved and a license is issued, half of the application fee shall be applied as a credit towards the annual license fee required for the first year pursuant to Section 151.212 . (b) Within five days of receiving an application, the Sheriff shall determine whether the application is complete and shall either notify the applicant that the application is complete or identify to the applicant which information or materials must still be received in order for the application to be deemed complete. (Ord. 2005-743-E, § 2; Ord. 2006-136-E, § 2; Ord. 2017-665-E , § 9)