(A) No massage business location license shall be issued if the applicant or any of its owners, lessees, managers, employees or agents is a person of bad repute.
(B) A massage business location license shall be issued only if the applicant and all of its owners, lessees, managers, employees and agents are free of convictions for offenses which involve moral wrong doing or which relate directly to such person's ability, capacity, or fitness to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed activity.
(C) A massage business location license shall be issued only to applicants who have not, within one year proper to the date of application, been denied licensure, or who have not within such period had their license revoked.
(D) A massage business location license shall be issued only to applicants who have answered fully all of the information requested in the application, have paid the full license fee and have cooperated with the city in review of the application.
(E) A massage business location license shall not be granted to an applicant who is under the age of 18 years.
(F) A massage business location license may be granted only for locations within business zones allowing similar activities or have been granted a conditional use permit by the City Council.
(G) A massage business location license may be granted only to business locations which meet safety, sanitary, and building code requirements of the city.
(H) A massage business location license shall not be granted if granting the license:
(1) Would be inconsistent with the comprehensive development plan of the city; or
(2) Would otherwise have a detrimental effect upon the property or properties in the vicinity.
(I) No massage business licensee shall employ any person as a massage therapist without first ensuring that said employee possesses a valid license for the administration or practice of massage in the City of La Crescent. The license shall be prominently and openly displayed on the premises.
(J) Every licensed massage business shall permit and allow an examination and inspection of every part of the premises by police, fire or other authority of the city during normal business hours. Refusal to allow such inspection or to answer the request of city police, fire, or other authority to be admitted to a licensed premises shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of all licenses.
(K) No massage business licensee shall employ any person as a massage therapist without first ensuring that said employee possesses a valid license for the administration or practice of massage in the City of La Crescent. The license shall be prominently and openly displayed on the premises.
(L) The licensee, massage therapist and any persons in their employ or agents or officers thereof and any and all persons with interest in said business shall comply with all applicable ordinances, regulations and laws of the City of La Crescent, the State of Minnesota and the United States of America.
(M) No person under 18 years of age shall be permitted in, serve in, or be employed in any located licensed under the provisions of this chapter except in a clerical, receptionist or other non-massage capacity.
(N) Price rates for all services shall be prominently posted in the reception area in a location available to all prospective customers.
(Ord. 460, passed 4-12-10) Penalty, see § 114.99