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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 2 : Adult-Oriented Establishments

9-202 : License required.

  1. Except as provided in subsection (5) below, from and after the effective date of this chapter, no adult-oriented establishment shall be operated or maintained in the City of Rockford without first obtaining a license to operate issued by the City of Rockford.
  2. A license may be issued only for one (1) adult-oriented establishment located at a fixed and certain place. Any person, partnership, or corporation which desires to operate more than one (1) adult-oriented establishment must have a license for them.
  3. No license or interest in a license may be transferred to any person, partnership, or corporation.
  4. It shall be unlawful for any entertainer, employee or operator to knowingly work in or about, or to knowingly perform any service directly related to the operation of any unlicensed adult-oriented establishment.
  5. All existing adult-oriented establishments at the time of the passage of this article must submit an application for a license within sixty (60) days of the passage of this chapter on the second and final reading. If a license is not issued within said sixty day period, then such existing adult-oriented establishment shall cease operations.
  6. No license may be issued for any location unless the premises are lawfully zoned for adult-oriented establishments and unless all requirements of the zoning ordinance, building codes, electrical and plumbing codes, fire codes, and health codes are complied with. (as added by Ord. #120904, Jan. 2005)