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LICENSING PROCEDURE
No person shall open or cause to be opened, or conduct, maintain or operate, any massage parlor within the city, without first having obtained a license from the city to do so.
('68 Code, § 8-802) (Ord. 412, passed 1-24-73) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Each person desiring to open, conduct or maintain a massage parlor shall first make application to the City Clerk for a license therefor. Said application shall be filed at least 15 days prior to the time desired for granting of said license. No license shall be granted to any person who is not a citizen of the United States.
('68 Code, § 8-803)
(B) Said application shall contain the name, address, including street and number of the applicant, or if more than one person, or if an association or a firm, the full names and addresses, including street and number, of the persons financially interested; if a corporation, a list of the officers and the manager and whether or not the manager is a citizen of the United States; the applicant's business for the past three years and the place or places in which he has conducted business during the past three years.
('68 Code, § 8-8014)
(C) (1) The application filed with the City Clerk shall contain the following information:
(a) The name and address of the person applying for the permit.
(b) Satisfactory proof of the required age and educational qualifications necessary to conform with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The proposed location.
(d) Such other information as the City Clerk shall deem reasonably necessary and proper for the full protection of the city, as well as the applicant/licensee, in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to determine whether the terms of the city code and state statutes have been complied with.
(2) If, while the application is pending, or during the term of any permit granted thereunder, there is any change in fact, policy or method which would alter the information provided in such application, applicant/licensee shall notify the city clerk in writing thereof within 72 hours after such change.
('68 Code, § 8-812) (Ord. 412, passed 1-24-73)
(A) Previous to issuance or renewal of any license under this subchapter, a recommendation concerning the issuance of said license shall be obtained from the Police Chief, Fire Chief and Code Enforcement Officer. The Police Chief shall determine whether or not there is any criminal record involving the applicant/licensee, and examine the site, to determine the traffic patterns for safety purposes, for proper ingress and egress to said site.
(B) The Fire Chief shall inspect the site and the facilities to be used thereon, to be certain that said facilities meet all requirements of the city fire code.
(C) The Code Enforcement Officer shall inspect the facilities at said site and determine that said premises meet all of the Building Code requirements, zoning requirements and off-street parking requirements of the city code and this chapter.
('68 Code, § 8-810) (Ord. 412, passed 1-24-73)
The City Manager shall determine whether or not said license shall be issued, revoked or suspended, after reviewing the recommendations of the Police Chief, Fire Chief and the Code Enforcement Officer. In the event he chooses to deny the issuance of said license or revoke or suspend an existing license, he shall set a date for hearing within 15 days and shall give at least ten days notice by mailing a hearing notice to the applicant, or licensee, by regular mail, addressed to the applicant/licensee at the address shown on the application, and said notice shall specify the charges for which the application is denied or license suspended or revoked and the date and place of hearing before the City Manager. At such hearing, applicant/licensee and his attorney may be present and may submit evidence in applicant's/ licensee's defense.
(B) In the event the application is denied, or license suspended or revoked, the applicant/licensee may request an appeal hearing at the next regular council meeting; provided, however, that said regular meeting is not less than six days from the date the appeal request is made and, in the event it is less than six days, the appeal shall be heard by the City Council at the following meeting of the City Council. At the appeal hearing, the applicant/licensee and his attorney may be present and may submit evidence in applicant's/licensee's defense. After hearing the recommendations of the City Manager and the request of the applicant/licensee, the City Council shall determine whether to sustain the decision of the City Manager or to grant the applicant's/ licensee's request.
('68 Code, § 8-811) (Ord. 412, passed 1-24-73)
Said license shall not be transferable without the approval of the city and shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the massage parlor licensed herein.
('68 Code, § 8-807) (Ord. 412, passed 1-24-73) Penalty, see § 10.99
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