(a) An applicant for an escort service license shall file an application with the City Manager accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the application shall contain the name and address of the activity and the following information about the applicant, any person financially interested in the activity to be licensed, any authorized local agents, and any managing employee of the activity to be licensed:
(1) The name, including any aliases, business trade names or styles;
(2) Present residence and business addresses and telephone number, as applicable;
(3) Each residence and business address for the five year period immediately preceding the date of filing of the application and the inclusive dates of each such address;
(4) Ohio driver's license;
(5) Valid proof of age and that the applicant is at least 18 years of age;
(6) Height, weight, color of eyes and hair and date of birth;
(7) Two current 2" × 2" photographs;
(8) The business, occupation or employment history for the three year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(9) Information as to whether such individual or business has ever been refused any similar license or permit or has had any similar license or permit issued to such individual or business in Fairborn or elsewhere revoked or suspended, and the reason or reasons therefor;
(10) All prior criminal convictions excepting minor traffic offenses;
(11) Fingerprints;
(12) If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown in its articles of incorporation or charter together with the State and date of incorporation, and the names, residence addresses, and dates of birth of each of its current officers and directors, and each stockholder holding more than 5% of the stock in the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the applicant shall set forth the names, residence addresses and dates or birth of each of the partners, including limited partners and profit interest holders. If the applicant is a limited partnership, the applicant shall furnish a copy of the certificate of limited partnership. If one or more of the partners is a corporation, the provisions of this subsection pertaining to corporations shall apply. The corporation or partnership applicant shall designate one of its officers or general partners to act as its responsible managing officer. Such designated person shall complete and sign all application forms required of an individual applicant under this ordinance, but only one application fee shall be charged;
(13) A description of any service to be provided together with a declaration that the services to be provided shall not involve those of a sexually oriented escort or escort service;
(14) The names and residential addresses of all persons employed as escorts.
(c) The City Manager shall have a reasonable period of time in which to investigate the application and background of the applicant and process the application through various City departments.
(d) The City Manager shall grant the license upon the following circumstances:
(1) The required fees have been paid;
(2) The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this section;
(3) The applicant has not made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application;
(4) That neither the applicant, if an individual; nor any person financially interested if a corporation; nor any of the partners, including limited partners, nor the holder of any profit interest, nor the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed escort service, nor any individual employed or contracted with to be an escort or to provide escort services has been convicted of, pleaded nolo contendere to or guilty to any felony, or to a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, within five years prior to the issuance of the license;
(5) The applicant has not had a license similar to the one issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter issued by another authority, suspended or revoked within the five year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(6) The escort service complies with all applicable laws of the City of Fairborn and State of Ohio; and
(7) The applicant, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business is at least eighteen years of age.
(e) The City Manager shall deny the license application if all of the requirements set forth in subsections (d)(1) through (7) hereof have not been met. In the event of denial, the applicant shall be notified by mail of the denial and the reasons therefor. The applicant may appeal such denial to City Council who shall have the authority to sustain, amend or reverse the decision of the City Manager.
(Ord. 7-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
(Ord. 7-07. Passed 2-19-07.)