(a) A person desiring to operate a massage establishment shall make application to
the City upon forms prescribed by the department. Each application shall include a filing fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) which shall be nonrefundable. The application shall set forth the following information:
(1) In the event that the applicant is an individual, the name, residence address and social security number of the applicant and of each proposed employee and massage technician to be employed by the applicant;
(2) In the event that the applicant is a corporation, partnership or nonprofit association, the name, position, residence address and social security number of the managing agent or employee of the applicant;
(3) The principal place of business of the applicant and the address of the proposed massage establishment, if different from the principal place of business;
(4) The name, residence address and social security number of each proposed employee and massage technician to be employed by the applicant;
(5) The business, occupation and employment of the applicant for a three-year period preceding the date of application; and
(6) Whether the applicant has been convicted of, plead no contest to, or suffered a forfeiture on a bond involving a charge of committing any crime, except minor traffic violations, within the last five years. If the answer is in the affirmative, a statement shall be made giving the place and the court in which such conviction, plea or forfeiture was had, the specific charge under which the conviction, plea or forfeiture was obtained, and the sentence imposed as a result thereof.
(b) The applicant and or licensee, within three business days, shall provide the City with any changes or corrections of the required information set forth in subsection (a), along with the date of the effective change.
(d) Upon application and within a reasonable time, the City shall conduct an investigation regarding the provided information in the application. No license shall issue for any establishment or to any applicant that has provided information that is materially false, incomplete, or misleading. No license shall issue to any person or applicant:
(1) That the establishment, as proposed by the applicant, is not in compliance with another provision of law, including building code(s), zoning restrictions, and the additional restrictions contained in this chapter;
(2) That the applicant has been convicted within the last five years of a felony; an offense involving sexual misconduct with children; keeping or residing in a house of ill fame; solicitation of a lewd or unlawful act; prostitution; pandering; or any crime involving dishonesty, fraud or deceit.
(e) A massage establishment license issued pursuant to this chapter shall terminate at the expiration of one year from the date of its issuance.
(f) A massage establishment license issued pursuant to this chapter may be renewed by the filing of a renewal application by the current holder of the license with the City upon such forms that he may prescribe not later than thirty days prior to the expiration date of the license. A renewal application shall be accompanied by a renewal fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(g) The issuance of a license pursuant to this section shall not exempt the applicant from obtaining a massage technician license pursuant to this chapter in the event that the applicant intends to personally provide massage services.
(Ord. 14-19. Passed 5-5-14.)