(a) Any person desiring to obtain a permit, or renew an existing permit to operate an outcall dance service, shall make application to the finance director. When submitting such application for a permit or renewal of a permit, a nonrefundable fee, as established by resolution of the city council, shall be paid to the finance department to defray the cost of the investigation and report required by this chapter. The permit and issuance or renewal fees required under this chapter shall be in addition to any license, permit or fee required under any other chapter of this code.
(b) Neither the filing of an application for a permit or renewal thereof, nor payment of an application or renewal fee, shall authorize the conducting of an outcall dance service until such permit has been granted or renewed.
(c) Each applicant for an outcall dance service permit, or renewal thereof, shall furnish the following information:
(1) The present or proposed address where the business is to be conducted;
(2) The full, true name under which the business will be conducted;
For purposes of subsections 3 through 12, below, the term "applicant" shall also mean and include each natural person possessing a ten percent or greater ownership interest in the outcall dance service, and the information described shall be provided by each such owner.
(3) The full, true name and any other names used by the applicant;
(4) The present residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of the applicant;
(5) Each residence and business address of the applicant for the five-year period immediately preceding the date of filing of the application and the inclusive dates of each such address;
(6) California driver's license or identification number and social security number of the applicant;
(7) Acceptable written proof that the applicant is at least eighteen years of age;
(8) The applicant's height, weight, color of eyes and hair, and date of birth;
(9) Two photographs of the applicant, at least two inches by two inches in size, taken within the six-month period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(10) The business, occupation or employment history of the applicant for the five-year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(11) The permit history of the applicant, for the five- year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant, in previously operating in this or any other city, county, state, or territory, has ever had any similar license or permit revoked or suspended, or has had any professional or vocational license or permit revoked or suspended;
(12) All misdemeanor and felony criminal convictions suffered by the applicant, including the date, place, nature and sentence of each such conviction;
(13) If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be set forth exactly as shown in its articles of incorporation or charter, together with the state and date of incorporation, and the names, residence addresses and dates of birth of each of its current officers and directors, and each stockholder holding more than five percent of the stock in the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership or other form of business entity, the applicant shall set forth the names, residence addresses and dates of birth of each of the owners and partners, including limited partners, and any other persons possessing any ownership interest of any nature. If the applicant is a limited partnership, the applicant shall furnish a copy of the certificate of limited partnership as filed with the county clerk. If one or more of the partners is a corporation, the provisions of this subsection pertaining to corporations shall apply. The corporation or partnership applicant shall designate one of its officers or general partners to act as its responsible managing officer. Such designated person shall complete and sign all application forms required of an individual applicant under this chapter, but only one application fee shall be charged;
(14) A description of the services to be provided;
(15) The true names and residential addresses of all persons employed or intended to be employed as outcall dancers;
(16) Such other identification and/or information as the finance director may require in order to discover the truth of the matters set forth in the application.
(d) The applicant, if a natural person, or a designated responsible managing officer if the applicant is a business entity, shall personally appear at the finance department and produce proof that the required application or renewal fee has been paid, and shall present the application containing the information and supporting documentation required by subsection (c) of this section.
(e) The finance director may require the applicant, if a natural person, any person possessing a ten percent or greater ownership interest in the outcall dance service, or the designated responsible managing officer, if the applicant is a business entity, to appear in person at the Los Angeles County sheriff's department, Norwalk Station, in order to be photographed and fingerprinted.
(f) When any change occurs regarding the written information required by subsection (c) of this section to be included in the application, the applicant or permit holder, as the case may be, shall give written notification of such change to the finance director within five business days after such change.
(g) The sheriff's department shall have a reasonable period of time in which to investigate the application and background of the applicant. The sheriff's department shall, within sixty days after the date of the filing of the application, render a written recommendation to the finance director, as to approval or denial of the application for the permit or renewal thereof.
(h) The finance director, within ten days after receiving the application and aforementioned recommendation from the sheriff's department, shall grant the permit, or renewal thereof, only if it is found that all of the following requirements have been met;
(1) The required fees have been paid;
(2) The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this chapter.
(3) The applicant has not knowingly made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application;
(4) The applicant or any owner, if an individual; or any of the directors, officers or stockholders holding more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation; or any of the partners including limited partners, the holder of any lien of any nature, if a natural person, or profit interest holder, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed outcall dancer service, or a natural person employed or contracted with to be a dancer or to provide dance services, has not been convicted of any misdemeanor or felony crime within the previous ten years involving fraud or sexual misconduct including, but not limited to, all offenses listed in Penal Code Section 290, Penal Code Section 311.2 through 311.7, Penal Code Sections 314 through 318, Penal Code Section 647, subsections (a), (b), (d), (h) or (k), Penal Code Section 647.6, or any offenses involving pimping, pandering, prostitution or lewd conduct; or has knowingly permitted, through an act of omission or commission, his or her employee, contractor or agent, while so employed, to engage in any type of fraud or sexual misconduct offense, whether misdemeanor or felony (under such circumstances, the conduct of the employee, contractor or agent, if such resulted in a conviction, will be considered imputed to the principal and shall be grounds for permit denial);
(5) If proposed to be located within the city of La Mirada, the outcall dance service, as proposed by the applicant, would comply with all applicable city, county and state laws, including but not limited to health, zoning, fire and safety requirements and standards;
(6) The applicant, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business is at least eighteen years of age; and
(7) If located, or proposed to be located in another city or unincorporated county area, evidence satisfactory to the finance director that the applicant possesses any and all licenses, permits and/or approvals necessary to operate an outcall dance service in such city or county area.
(i) If the finance director does not find that all of the requirements set forth in subsections (h)(1) through (h)(7) of this section have been met within ten days after receiving the aforementioned recommendation from the sheriff's department, he or she shall deny the application for the permit or renewal thereof. In the event the application for the permit or renewal thereof is denied, written notice of such denial shall be given within ten business days to the applicant, specifying the ground or grounds of such denial. Notice of denial of the application for the permit, or renewal thereof, shall be deemed to have been served when it is personally served on the applicant, or when deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid and addressed to the applicant at the address set forth in the application for the permit or renewal thereof. Any applicant whose application for an outcall dance service, or renewal thereof, has been denied by the finance director, may appeal such denial to the city manager as provided in Chapter 4.04 of this title. No applicant or permittee whose application is denied or revoked may reapply less than one year after the effective date of such denial or revocation.
(Ord. 532A § 3 (part), 1999).