A. Permit Required: It is unlawful for any person to work as a sex worker, bartender or manager at a brothel, or for any employee, independent contractor or agent of the brothel, to reside on the premises of a licensed house of prostitution, unless such person is the holder of a valid current work permit issued by the police in accordance with this chapter.
B. Registration: Every sex worker, bartender, manager or employee working and/or residing on the premises of a licensed house of prostitution shall be registered with the police on a form provided by the police, referred to herein as a "work card", which shall include:
1. The name, age, address, physical description and current picture identification of the applicant, together with a certified copy of the person's birth certificate;
2. A full set of fingerprints of the person, which shall be updated every six (6) years;
3. Complete employment record of the applicant for the preceding five (5) years;
4. All street and mailing address(es) of the person;
5. Complete criminal record of the person, including all convictions, except minor traffic violations, which record shall include a list with a statement of each offense, and for each offense, the place of its occurrence, the date of its occurrence, its severity and its disposition;
6. The work card application for a sex worker must be accompanied by either an application fee in an amount set by resolution by the Board or an annual renewal or revision fee in an amount set by resolution by the Board;
7. The work card application for a person who is not a sex worker must be accompanied by an application fee in amount equal to the fee required to obtain a bar employee work permit under title 5, chapter 11 of this Code;
8. The work card shall be renewed annually.
9. A work card for a sex worker must be renewed each time the sex worker commences work at a different brothel within the City.
C. Investigation: The police shall investigate, through all available means, the accuracy of all information supplied by any applicant on the registration form.
D. Prohibited Employees: No person may work as a sex worker or bartender, manager, or as an employee, independent contractor or other agent who resides on the premises of a licensed house of prostitution, who:
1. Has been convicted of the possession, use, sale or furnishing of any narcotic, hallucinogenic or dangerous drug within the past five (5) years;
2. Is on probation resulting from a conviction of a felony;
3. Has been convicted of any crime involving theft, embezzlement or misappropriation of funds within the past five (5) years;
4. Has been convicted of any crime involving violence or the use of any deadly or dangerous weapon within the past five (5) years;
5. Has been convicted of any crime involving the illegal use of firearms within the past five (5) years;
6. Has willfully made any false statement or omission in the registration form required by subsection B of this section; or
7. Is a person under twenty one (21) years of age.
E. Denial Or Revocation Authority: The police may deny or revoke the work permit of a sex worker or of a bartender, manager, or of an employee, independent contractor or other agent who resides on the premises of a house of prostitution, who does not qualify under this section or who is found to be violating this Code or State law. The person whose work card has been denied or revoked may file an appeal to the Board within thirty (30) calendar days from the date in which the work card was denied or revoked.
F. Card Requirements; Restrictions:
1. Each sex worker, bartender, manager, and each employee, independent contractor or other agent who resides on the premises of a house of prostitution, shall file and maintain a current work card with the operator of the brothel before commencing work at the brothel. No work card shall be transferable. All work cards shall state the name of the licensed brothel where the work card holder works. No sex worker shall change his or her place of work from one brothel to another without first notifying the police of the proposed change and obtaining a revised work card.
2. No person may possess more than one work card at a time or work for more than one brothel at a time.
G. Security Requirements/Inspections For Brothels:
1. A brothel may be operated with business entrance and exit doors that are either locked or unlocked. If the brothel elects to keep the business entrance and exit doors unlocked, they must remain unlocked at all times during posted business hours and the business hours must be posted on the entrance door. Upon complying with these conditions, the brothel need not provide keys to the Police Chief. If the brothel elects to keep the business entrance and exit doors locked during business hours, the owner or manager shall provide the police keys to all entrance and exit doors of the brothel. If door locks are changed, then current keys must be immediately provided to the police.
2. a. A brothel license granted pursuant to section 4-9-1 of this chapter is a revocable privilege. By applying for and receiving a brothel license, a person thereby gives consent and authorizes the police, or any other authorized representative of the City to enter the brothel business premises or any part of the house of prostitution under the control of the licensee and the principal office of the brothel at any time during brothel business hours for the purpose of examining the premises or the books of account of the brothel to ascertain the truth or veracity of statements made on the brothel license application and to verify that the licensee and the brothel are in compliance with requirements of the license, this Code and State law;
b. The person in charge of a licensed brothel shall cooperate with the State Board of Health or any other agency with jurisdiction during:
(1) Any investigation into the circumstances or cause of a case or suspected case, or of an outbreak or suspected outbreak of an infectious, contagious or communicable disease;
(2) The carrying out of measures for the prevention, suppression or control of an infectious, contagious or communicable disease, including procedures of exclusion, isolation and quarantine; and
c. The failure of an owner, manager, employee, independent contractor or agent of a brothel to cooperate with an inspection authorized by this section: 1) shall be grounds for the revocation or suspension of the brothel license; and 2) shall be punishable as a misdemeanor as provided in section 1-3-1 of this Code. (Ord. 837, 1-8-2019)