(a) An applicant for an escort service license shall file an application with the office of the Designee of the City Manager accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the application shall contain the name and address of the activity and the following information about the applicant, any person financially interested in the activity to be licensed, any authorized local agents, and any managing employee of the activity to be licensed:
(1) The complete name of the business activity, including any aliases, business trade names, "doing business as", or styles;
(2) Present residence address and telephone number, all business addresses and telephone numbers;
(3) Each residence and all business addresses for the five year period immediately preceding the date of filing of the application and the inclusive dates of each such address;
(4) Ohio driver's license number, or if licensed in another state, the state where licensed and license number;
(5) Valid proof of age and that the applicant is at least eighteen years of age;
(6) Height, weight, color of eyes and hair and date of birth;
(7) Two current two inch by two inch photographs;
(8) The business, occupation or employment history for the three year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(9) Information as to whether such individual or business has ever been refused any similar license or permit or has had any similar license or permit issued to such individual or business in the State of Ohio, or elsewhere, revoked or suspended, and the reason or reasons therefor;
(10) All prior criminal convictions excepting minor traffic offenses;
(11) Fingerprints as taken by any law enforcement agency;
(12) If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown in its articles of incorporation or charter together with the state and date of incorporation, incorporation registration number, and the names, residence addresses, and dates of birth of each of its current officers and directors, and each stockholder holding more than five percent (5%) of the stock in the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the applicant shall set forth the names, residence addresses and dates of birth of each of the partners, including limited partners and profit interest holders. If the applicant is a limited partnership, the applicant shall furnish a copy of the certificate of limited partnership. If one or more of the partners is a corporation, the provisions of this subsection pertaining to corporations shall apply. The corporation or partnership applicant shall designate one of its officers or general partners to act as its responsible managing officer. Such designated person shall complete and sign all application forms required of an individual applicant under this chapter, but only one application fee shall be charged;
(13) A description of any service to be provided together with a declaration that the services to be provided shall not involve those of a sexually oriented escort or escort service, as defined in Section 711.01 (q) and (r);
(14) The names and residential addresses of all persons employed as escorts.
(c) The Designee of the City Manager shall grant the license only if the following criteria are satisfied:
(1) The required fees have been paid;
(2) The application conforms in all respects to all applicable provisions of this chapter;
(3) The applicant has not made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application;
(4) The applicant, if an individual, nor any person financially interested, if a corporation, nor any of the partners, including limited partners, nor the holder of any profit interest, nor the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed escort service, nor any individual employed or contracted with to be an escort or to provide escort services has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere or guilty to any felony, or to a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, within five years prior to the date the application was filed with the City;
(5) The applicant has not had a license similar to the one applied for pursuant to the provisions of this chapter issued by another authority, which was suspended or revoked within the five year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(6) The escort service complies with all applicable laws of the City and State of Ohio; and
(7) The applicant, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business is at least eighteen years of age.
(d) The Designee of the City Manager shall deny the license application if all of the requirements set forth in subsections (c)(1) through (7) hereof have not been met. The Designee shall grant or deny the license application within twenty-one days from the date of the filing of the application. If the Designee fails to grant or deny the license application within the twenty-one day period, the license application shall be deemed granted. In the event of denial, the applicant shall be notified by mail of the denial and the stated reasons therefor. Service shall be complete upon mailing to the applicant's address of record by the Designee of the City Manager. The applicant may appeal such denial to the City Manager, who shall have the authority to sustain, amend or reverse the decision of his Designee.
(Ord. 97-2. Passed 1-9-97; Ord. 99-11. Passed 1-14-99.)