Application for a license to operate a massage establishment shall be made to the license officer in such form and manner as prescribed by the city council accompanied by the annual fee hereinafter prescribed, but the application shall contain at least the following:
A. Nature of Massage: The exact nature of the massage to be administered.
B. Location: The location and mailing address of the proposed establishment.
C. Name and Address: The name and residence address of:
1. The applicant.
2. If applicant is a corporation, of each of the officers, directors and managers of said corporation and of each stockholder owning more than ten percent (10%) of the stock of the corporation, and the address of the corporation itself, if different from the address of the proposed massage establishment.
3. If applicant is a partnership, of each of the partners including limited partners, and the address of the partnership itself, if different from the address of the proposed massage establishment.
4. Of each massagist who is or will be employed in said establishment.
D. Proof of Age: Written proof that the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years.
E. Description: Individual or partnership applicant’s weight, height, color of eyes and hair, and sex.
F. Photographs and Fingerprints:
1. One portrait photograph of the applicant taken within thirty (30) days of the date of application, at least two inches by two inches (2" x 2") in size, and a complete set of applicant’s fingerprints which shall be taken by the chief of police or his agent.
2. If the applicant is a corporation, one portrait photograph taken within thirty (30) days of the date of application at least two inches by two inches (2" x 2") in size of all officers and managing agents of said corporation, and a complete set of the same officers’ and agents’ fingerprints which shall be taken by the chief of police or his agent.
3. If the applicant is a partnership, one portrait photograph taken within thirty (30) days of the application at least two inches by two inches (2" x 2") in size of each partner, including a limited partner in said partnership, and a complete set of each partner’s or limited partner’s fingerprints which shall be taken by the chief of police or his agent.
G. Previous Employment: The business, occupation or employment of the applicant for the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of the application, including the name, dates of, location and nature of same.
H. History: The history of the applicant in the operation of a massage establishment or similar business or occupation, including, but not limited to, whether or not such person, in previously operating in this or another city within or without the state, has had a massage or similar license or application therefor denied, revoked or suspended, and the reason therefor, within three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or revocation.
I. Previous Offenses: Whether the applicant (including the officers, directors and managers of a corporation, and partners and managers of a partnership), within three (3) years prior to making application, has been convicted of, paid any fine, been placed on probation, received a deferred sentence, received a withheld judgment, suffered the forfeiture of a bond for failure to appear or completed any sentence of confinement for any felony or misdemeanor, the latter including the offenses of driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages and liquors and reckless driving, but shall not include those offenses otherwise regulating the operation and licensing of vehicles and fish and game laws.
J. City Authorization: Authorization for the chief of police or his agent, to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the permit. (Ord. 628, 6-1-2021)