(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or carry out the business of massage unless he or she has a valid massage business license issued by the town pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for each and every separate office or place of business conducted by that person.
(B) Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate or conduct a massage establishment shall file an application under oath with the town upon a form provided by the Building Inspector and pay a non- refundable annual license fee of $1,000 per year. The Building Inspector shall, within 30 days, inspect the premises proposed to be operated as a massage establishment and shall make written verification concerning compliance with the ordinances and codes of the town. The application shall further be referred to the Police Department for investigation of the applicant’s character and qualifications. Each application shall contain the following information:
(1) A definition of service to be provided;
(2) The location, mailing address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted;
(3) The name and residence address of each applicant in accordance with the following (hereafter, all provisions which refer to applicant include an applicant which may be a corporation or partnership):
(a) If the applicant is a corporation, the names and residence addresses of each of the officers and directors of the corporation and of each stockholder owning more than 10% of the stock of the corporation and the address of the massage establishment; and
(b) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and residence addresses of each of the partners, including limited partners, and the address of the partnership itself if different from the address of the massage establishment.
(4) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant;
(5) Proof that the applicant is at least 21 years of age;
(6) Individual or partnership applicant’s height, weight, color of eyes and hair and sex;
(7) Copy of identification such as driver’s license and Social Security card;
(8) One portrait photograph of the applicant at least two inches by two inches and a complete set of the applicant’s fingerprints which shall be taken by the Town Marshal or his or her agent. If the applicant is a corporation, one portrait photograph at least two inches by two inches of all officers and managing agents of the corporation and a complete set of the same officers’ and agents’ fingerprints which shall be taken by the Town Marshal or his or her agent. If the applicant is a partnership, one front-face portrait photograph at least two inches by two inches in size of each partner, including a limited partner in the partnership, and a complete set of each partner or limited partner’s fingerprints, taken by the Town Marshal or his or her agent;
(9) Business, occupation or employment of the applicant for the three years immediately preceding the date of application;
(10) The massage or similar business license history of the applicant, whether the person, in previously operating in this or another city or state has had a business license revoked or suspended, the reason therefor and the business activity or occupation subsequent to the action of suspension or revocation;
(11) All criminal convictions of the applicant, (or, in the case of a partnership, each partner; or, in the case of a corporation its manager, officers, directors and shareholders owning more than 10% of the stock of the corporation) involving any act of violence, moral turpitude, sex offense or prior violation of this chapter, other than misdemeanor traffic violations, including the dates of convictions and the nature of the crimes and place convicted;
(12) The name and address of any massage business or other massage business or other establishment owned or operated by any person whose name is required to be given in division (B)(3) above wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on;
(13) A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises or on adjoining premises owned or controlled by the applicant;
(14) Authorization for the town, 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 permit; and
(15) Any other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters herein specified as required to be set forth in the application. On the completion of the above provided form and the furnishing of all foregoing information and fees, the Building Inspector shall accept the application for the necessary investigations. The holder of a massage establishment license shall notify the Clerk-Treasurer of each change in any of the data required to be furnished by this section within ten days after the change occurs.
(Prior Code, § 113.10) (Ord. 1-1978, passed 8-1-1978)