A. Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate, or conduct a massage establishment shall file an application in duplicate with the finance department upon a form provided by said finance department and pay a nonrefundable application fee, plus the annual business license fee for a massage establishment.
B. The finance department shall refer copies of such application to the department of engineering and community development, the police department, the fire department and the health department. The appropriate departments shall inspect the premises proposed to be operated as a massage establishment, make an investigation of the application and make written recommendations to the finance department concerning compliance with village codes and federal and state law.
C. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of the recommendation of the aforesaid departments, the finance department shall notify the applicant that his application is granted, denied, or held for further review. The period of such additional review shall not exceed an additional thirty (30) days unless otherwise agreed to by the applicant. Upon the conclusion of such additional review, the finance department shall advise the applicant in writing whether the application is granted or denied.
D. Whenever an application is denied or held for further review, the finance department shall advise the applicant of the reasons for such action. An application may be denied by the finance department if he/she finds:
1. That the operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would not have complied with the applicable federal, state and local laws including, but not limited to, the building, fire, health and zoning codes of the village; or
2. That the applicant and/or any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of a massage establishment has been convicted within the previous ten (10) years of:
a. A felony;
b. An offense involving sexual misconduct with children; or
c. Soliciting for a prostitute, pimping, prostitution, or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or
3. A person who is not of good character and reputation in the community in which he resides, works or who is not of good character and reputation in the village of Elk Grove Village. A person who has been employed in an establishment which has been closed or suspended or whose license has been suspended or revoked by a law enforcement agency or municipal entity for crimes or offenses involving prostitution or matters of moral turpitude will be deemed to be a person who is not of good character and reputation in the community where the above stated activity has occurred.
E. The failure or refusal of the applicant to promptly give any information relevant to the investigation of the application, or his refusal or failure to appear at any reasonable time and place for examination under oath regarding said application, or his refusal to submit to or cooperate with any inspection required by this chapter shall constitute an admission by the applicant that he/she is ineligible for such license and shall be grounds for denial thereof by the finance department.
(Ord. 2662, 9-22-1998; amd. Ord. 2671, 12-15-1998; Ord. 3157, 1-22-2008)