(A) Any person desiring a license for a massage establishment shall file a written application with the City Clerk. The applicant shall furnish the following information:
(1) The type of ownership of the business (i.e., whether individual, partnership, corporation, or otherwise);
(2) The name, style, and designation under which the business or practice is to be conducted;
(3) The business address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted;
(4) The following personal information concerning the applicant, if an individual; and concerning each stockholder holding more than 10% of the stock of the corporation, each officer and each director, if the applicant is a corporation; concerning the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and concerning the manager, or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business:
(a) Name, complete residence address and residence telephone numbers;
(b) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant, if less than two years at the current address;
(c) Written proof that the applicant is at least 18 years of age;
(d) Height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and sex;
(e) Two front-face portrait photographs taken within 30 days of the date of the application and at least two inches by two inches in size;
(f) Two forms of state or federal issued identification; at least one must have a picture of the applicant;
(g) The massage or similar business history and experience five years prior to the date of application, including, but not limited to, whether or not such person is previously operating in this or another city or state under license or permit and whether such license or permit has been denied, revoked, or suspended and the reason therefor, and the business activities or occupations subsequent to such action of denial, suspension or revocation; and
(h) All criminal convictions except misdemeanor traffic violations;
(5) Such other information and identification of the applicant as shall be deemed necessary by the Police Chief to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore required to be set forth in the application;
(6) Authorization for the city, its agents and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the licenses; and
(7) A written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the information contained in the application is true and correct, said declaration being duly dated and signed in the city.
(B) Along with the written application, the applicant shall obtain from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and provide with the application a current Oklahoma criminal history information report. The criminal record is considered current if it is dated no more than 30 days prior to the date on which the applicant submits a completed application to the City Clerk.
(Ord. 2036, passed 9-20-22)