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The chief of police shall refuse to approve issuance or renewal of any license required by this chapter to any applicant who has been finally convicted in any court of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation; or to any applicant who employs in such establishment any person who has been finally convicted of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation. (Ord. 13752)
(a) A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked upon final conviction in any court of the holder of such license for the offense of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation.
(b) A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be suspended for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days upon final conviction in any court of the holder of such license for the operation of the massage establishment in violation of any statute of this state, or any provision of this code or other ordinance of the city of Dallas.
(c) Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be suspended for a period of 90 days upon the final conviction in any court of any employee of such massage establishment for the offense of theft, fornication, sodomy, procuring, pandering, keeping a bawdy house, keeping an assignation house, engaging in prostitution or engaging in assignation, or a violation of any provision of this chapter.
(d) Written notice of such revocation or suspension shall be given by the chief of police to the holder of such license at the holder’s last known business address. (Ord. 13752)
In the event the chief of police shall refuse to approve the issuance of an original license or the renewal of a license to any applicant, or revokes or suspends the license issued to any license holder under this chapter, this action shall be final unless the license holder files an appeal with a permit and license appeal board in accordance with Section 2-96 of this code. (Ord. Nos. 13752; 18200)
No massage establishment shall be kept open for any purpose between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and no such establishment shall be operated or conducted in connection either directly or indirectly, with any place used for living or sleeping quarters. (Ord. 13752)
(a) The director shall be authorized to make or cause to be made inspections to determine the condition of any massage establishment in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public and to make examinations through the licensed physicians of the department as are necessary to determine whether employees of the massage establishment are infected with any infectious disease.
(b) If in the opinion of the director or his designated representative, there is probable cause to enter a massage establishment for the purpose of making inspections and examinations pursuant to this chapter, he shall request the owner or occupant thereof to grant permission for such entry, and if refused he shall make application to a magistrate for a search warrant, showing said magistrate why such search warrant should be issued for the purpose herein. (Ord. Nos. 13752; 15526)
(a) It shall be the duty of every person conducting or operating a massage establishment to keep the same at all times in a clean and sanitary condition. All instruments and mechanical, therapeutic, and bathing devices or parts thereof, that come into contact with the human body, shall be sterilized by a modern and approved method of sterilization before initial use, and any such instruments and devices, or parts thereof, after having been used upon one patron, shall be sterilized before being used upon another. All towels and linens furnished for use of one patron shall not be furnished for use of another until thoroughly laundered.
(b) All masseurs and operators shall wash their hands thoroughly before administering massage manipulations to each patron accommodated.
(c) No person suffering from a communicable disease shall work or be employed in a massage establishment.
(d) No person shall be accommodated as a patron within a massage establishment when to the knowledge of the owner, person in control, or an employee, such person is suffering from a communicable disease. (Ord. 13752)
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