A. License Required: It is unlawful for any person to act as a massage establishment employee or a bathhouse employee or to hold himself out as a massage establishment employee or a bathhouse employee or to administer or offer or agree to administer any massage or bath for any fee, compensation, consideration or the expectation thereof without first obtaining a current and valid massage establishment employee license or bathhouse employee license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which shall be posted as required by subsection 3-2-2A of this chapter, and it is unlawful for any owner, proprietor, manager or person in charge of any massage establishment or bathhouse to allow any person to act as a massage establishment employee or a bathhouse employee who has not first obtained such license. One license shall be required hereby for a massage establishment or bathhouse employee and such license shall permit activities as a massage establishment employee or a bathhouse employee or both.
B. Application For License: Application for a massage establishment or bathhouse employee license shall be made to the county clerk and shall be accompanied by payment of the fee designated in section 3-2-4 of this chapter. Each application for a massage establishment or bathhouse employee license shall be signed and sworn to by the person so applying 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. Each application shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
1. The name, home address, telephone number and age, date of birth and social security number of the applicant;
2. The prior residences of the applicant for the past five (5) years, together with the period of residence at each such address;
3. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime or has 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;
4. The business name, business address and telephone number of the establishment at which the applicant will be employed;
5. The occupation and business name and business address of all prior employers of the applicant during the five (5) years preceding the application and the nature of the work performed for each of such employers;
6. All assumed names or aliases which have been or are used by the applicant;
7. Whether the applicant will be acting as a proprietor, manager or person in charge of any massage establishment or bathhouse;
8. A certificate from a licensed physician bearing a date not more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of application, showing the applicant's physical condition to be free of infectious and communicable diseases. This certificate shall be renewed by the applicant annually.
9. Such other information as the sheriff may reasonably require for the administration of this chapter. (Ord. 144, 10-11-1989)