(A) The City Clerk may issue a license if all requirements for a massage establishment described in this chapter are met and may issue a license to all persons who apply to perform massage services, unless he or she finds:
(1) That the operation as proposed by the applicant if permitted would not have complied with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Building, City Zoning, Housing and Fire Codes of the city or regulations adopted by the County Department of Health; or
(2) That the applicant and any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of a massage establishment has been convicted of an offense outside of the state that would have constituted any of the following offenses if committed within the state:
(a) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another that amounts to a felony;
(b) An offense involving sexual misconduct with children; and
(c) An offense as defined in Iowa Code Chapters 702, 704, 705 and 724.
(B) The City Clerk may refuse to issue any permit if it shall appear that the character of the building is not a proper or suitable place in which to conduct or maintain such business or calling, or if the applicant requesting such license does not warrant the issuance thereof.
(C) The City Clerk may issue a permit to any person convicted of any of the crimes prescribed above in this section if he or she finds that such conviction occurred at least five years prior to the date of the application and the applicant has had no subsequent felony convictions of any nature and no subsequent misdemeanor convictions for crimes mentioned in this section.