The director shall grant the permit only if he or she finds that there is no reason to deny the permit under Section 5.08.060 of this title and that all of the following requirements have been met:
(a) The fees established by a resolution adopted by the city council have been paid;
(b) The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this chapter;
(c) The applicant has not been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to a misdemeanor or felony crime involving criminal misstatement or sexual misconduct including, but not limited to, all offenses listed in Penal Code Section 290, Penal Code Sections 311.2 through 311.7, Penal Code Sections 314 through 318, and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) or (h) of Section 647 of the Penal Code, or any offenses involving pimping, pandering, prostitution or lewd conduct; and the applicant has not knowingly permitted, through an act of omission or commission, his or her employee or agent, while so employed, to engage in any type of criminal misstatement or sexual misconduct offense, whether misdemeanor or felony; or has violated a condition of any permit to operate an escort bureau that was issued previously to the applicant;
(d) The applicant is of good moral character and reputation; and
(e) The escort bureau is to be conducted at a suitable place, and is not calculated or intended to be operated as a subterfuge for the conduct of an unlawful or immoral business and practice.
(Ord. 788 § 7 (part), 1999)