A. License Required: It is unlawful for any person to conduct, operate or maintain a massage establishment or bathhouse or cause a massage establishment or bathhouse to be conducted, operated or maintained without first obtaining a current and valid massage establishment or bathhouse license issued pursuant to the provisions contained herein for the premises thereof. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous location on the premises of such massage establishment or bathhouse, together with the massage establishment or bathhouse employee licenses of all persons acting as massage establishment employees or bathhouse employees on such premises. One license shall be required for the premises of each establishment operating as a massage establishment or a bathhouse and such license shall permit the giving of massages or baths or both on such premises.
B. Application For License: Application for a massage establishment license or bathhouse license shall be made to the county clerk and shall be accompanied by the payment of the fee designated in section 3-2-4 of this chapter. Each application for a massage establishment or bathhouse license shall be signed and sworn to by the person who will conduct, operate or maintain such establishment and shall be accompanied by two (2) black and white photographs of the applicant two inches by two inches (2" x 2") in size and taken within six (6) months of the application, showing only the full face of the applicant, one of which shall be affixed to the license when it is issued, and two (2) complete sets of fingerprints of the applicant. In the event the applicant is a corporation, the information required by this section shall be provided for each shareholder, officer and director of the corporation. Each application shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
1. The name, home address and telephone number of the applicant and of all persons named under subsections B3 and B4 of this section;
2. The business name, business address and telephone number of the establishment or proposed establishment and a description of the premises on which said business will be conducted;
3. The names of all persons owning an interest in such business or proposed business, including any corporate stockholders, and whether such business will be conducted as a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation; if a partnership, giving the names of all persons sharing in the profits of said business, and, if a corporation, giving the names of its officers and directors and the title of each;
4. The names of all persons who will act as proprietor, manager or person in charge of such business or proposed business;
5. The prior residences of the applicant and of all persons named under subsections B3 and B4 of this section for the past five (5) years, together with the period of residence at each address;
6. The age, date of birth and social security number of the applicant and of all persons named under subsections B3 and B4 of this section;
7. Whether the applicant or any person named under subsections B3 and B4 of this section have ever been convicted of any crime or have ever forfeited a bond to appear in court for any crime, excluding minor traffic offenses, and, if so, stating what crime, the date of conviction or forfeiture and the circumstances and disposition of the case;
8. The occupation and business name and business address of all prior employers of the applicant and of all other persons named under subsections B3 and B4 of this section during the past five (5) years and the nature of the work performed for each of such employers;
9. All assumed names or aliases which have been or are used by the applicant and by all persons named under subsections B3 and B4 of this section;
10. Such other information as the sheriff may reasonably require for the administration of this chapter. (Ord. 144, 10-11-1989)