(A) Certificates of registration.
(1) Every person who desires to be employed as a massagist shall make a written application to the Chief of Police for a certificate of registration. An individual possessing a current unrevoked permit required by the provisions of § 117.17(A) of this chapter need not to obtain a certificate of registration. The application shall be in the form set forth in said § 117.17(A) of this chapter.
(2) In the event such application is not approved, the Chief of Police shall deny the certificate and notify the applicant thereof in writing and advise him that he has a right to appeal within ten days.
('63 Code, § 6-14.12)
(B) Investigations. The Chief of Police shall investigate the applicant's background and experience as provided in § 117.17(C) of this chapter.
('63 Code, § 6-14.13)
(C) Fees. A nonrefundable fee of $10 shall be paid at the time of the issuance of the certificate described in division (A) of this section, and such fee shall be due and payable at the time of the original application and upon an application for renewal.
('63 Code, § 6-14.14)
(D) Expiration; renewal. Each certificate of registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall expire on the anniversary of its issuance unless sooner revoked. An unrevoked certificate of registration may be renewed on a year-to-year basis on written application to the Chief of Police made at least one month before its expiration date.
('63 Code, § 6-14.15)
(E) Revocation of certificates of registration. The Chief of Police may revoke a certificate of registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter upon determining that the certificate holder has violated, or caused or permitted any other person under his control or supervision to violate, any provision of this chapter or of state or federal law in connection with the practice of massage or operation of the massage establishment. The Chief of Police shall transmit by certified mail to the applicant's address, as shown on the application or otherwise more recently on record, a written notice that such certificate of registration is revoked at the end of the fifth day after such mailing of the notice. A revoked certificate of registration shall be immediately surrendered to the Chief of Police.
('63 Code, § 6-14.16)
(F) Appeals. An applicant for or holder of a certificate of registration may, within ten days following the mailing of the notice of refusal by the Chief of Police to issue or renew such certificate, or his revocation thereof, appeal from the action of the Chief of Police to the Council. The matter shall be set for a public hearing before the Council at its next regular meeting, not sooner than the fifth day after such appeal is filed. Unless the Council shall reverse the action of the Chief of Police by majority vote, his decision shall be deemed affirmed. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant if the appeal is from a determination to refuse to issue, and it shall be on the Chief of Police if the appeal is from a determination to refuse to issue, and it shall be on the Chief of Police if the appeal is from a determination to revoke or to refuse to renew.
('63 Code, § 6-14.17)
(Ord. 211-C.S., passed 6-22-73)