Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate, or conduct a massage establishment shall file an application under oath with the city upon a form provided by the City Clerk and pay a nonrefundable annual license fee, which shall be $500 per year, or any part thereof. Copies of the application shall within five days also be referred to the Construction Code Authority and the Fire Department and Zoning Administration. The departments shall within 30 days inspect the premises proposed to be operated as a massage establishment and shall make written verification to the City Clerk concerning compliance with the codes of the city that they administer. The application shall further be referred to the Police Department for investigation of the applicant's character and qualifications. Each application shall contain the following information:
(A) A definition of service to be provided.
(B) The location, mailing address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted.
(C) The name and residence address of each applicant hereinafter all provisions which refer to applicant include an applicant which may be a corporation or partnership.
(D) If applicant is a corporation, the names and residence addresses of each of the officers and directors of the corporation and of each stockholder owning more than 10% of the stock of the corporation, and the address of the corporation itself, if different from the address of the massage establishment.
(E) The name and address of any massage business or other establishment owned or operated by any person whose name is required to be given in division (C) wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on.
(F) A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises owned or controlled by the applicant.
(G) Authorization for the city, its agents and employees 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.
(H) Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified as required to be set forth in the application.
(I) The names, current addresses and written statements of at least three bona fide permanent residents of the United States that the applicant is of good moral character. If the applicant is able, the statement must first be furnished from residents of the city, then the county, then the state and lastly from the rest of the United States. These references must be persons other than relatives and business associates.
(J) Upon the completion of the above provided form and the furnishing of all foregoing information the City Clerk shall accept the application for the necessary investigations. The holder of a massage establishment license shall notify the City Clerk of each change in any of the date required to be furnished by this section within ten days after such change occurs.
(Ord. 8.17, passed 5-6-86)