(A) All applicants or other persons for which an investigation is required for the issuance of an escort bureau license shall pay a non-refundable investigation fee of $200 to recover all investigation costs incurred by the Police Department. The Police Department shall maintain a record of all investigative activity with respect to any applicant or other person for which an investigation is conducted including the contemporaneous recording of the date, description of investigative activity and the identity of the investigator(s) performing same. Such investigative records shall be provided to the Director and shall be made available to the applicant upon written request.
(B) All licenses shall be for the fiscal year of July 1 to June 30 or the remaining portion of such fiscal year. The annual license fee shall be $4,000. All license fees shall be remitted to the Treasurer. In the initial year of operation, if an applicant applies before January 1 of such year, the fee shall be $4,000. However, if an applicant applies on or after January 1 in its initial year of operation, the fee shall be $2,000. Application for a renewal of a license shall be made on or before March 15 of each year and accompanied by the annual fee of $4,000. The renewal application shall also verify the accuracy of the original application or provide any changes or modifications in the information required by § 125.05, which may have occurred since the original or previous renewal application.
(C) At the time of any renewal application, the applicant shall also submit a current financial statement for the previous year's business activities of the escort bureau and a list of all persons receiving any portion of the net profits of the business. All applications for renewal shall be referred to the Police Department for review and the licensee shall be required to pay the aforementioned $200 fee in subsection (A), above.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 125.06) (Jeff. Ord. 8-1996, adopted and effective 2-27-1996; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 92-2004, approved 7-1-2004) Penalty, see § 125.99