(A) An application for a massage therapy establishment permit shall be denied if the Permit Administrator finds any of the following:
(1) The applicant is not 18 years of age or older; or
(2) The applicant has made one or more material misstatements in the application; or
(3) The applicant, if an individual; or a stockholder holding more than 10% of the stock of the corporation; any of the officers or directors if the applicant is a corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; or the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business; or any of the foregoing individuals, is a person who has engaged in disqualifying conduct, in the past five years; or
(4) Any person to be employed by the applicant has engaged in disqualifying conduct; or
(5) The applicant is required by the California Penal Code to register as a sex offender; or
(6) The applicant has had a permit or license to operate a massage therapy establishment, denied, revoked or suspended by any entity within five years prior to the date of the application; or
(7) The massage establishment, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would not comply with all the applicable laws, including, but not limited to, all city building, fire, zoning, and health regulations.
(B) If the Permit Administrator denies the application, he or she shall notify the applicant of the denial in writing and state the reason(s) for the denial.
(C) Any subsequent information submitted to cure the grounds of a denied application shall be treated as a new application.
(Ord. 1453, passed 12-7-05)