(A) The escort bureau shall provide to each patron a written contract and receipt of payment for services. The contract shall clearly state the type of services to be performed, the length of time such services shall be performed, the total amount of money such services shall cost the patron, and any special terms or conditions relating to the services to be performed.
(B) The escort bureau shall maintain an office at the licensed location during all hours escorts are working. The address of that office shall be included in all patron contracts and published advertisements. Private rooms or booths where the patron may meet with the escorts shall not be provided at the open office or at any other location by the escort bureau. Violation of this provision shall result in license revocation and subject any person and/or the escort bureau to the penalties set forth in § 125.99.
(C) The escort bureau, in terms of licensing consequences, is responsible and liable for the acts of all its employees, agents and subcontractors, including, but not limited to, telephone receptionists and escorts who are referred by that bureau while the escort is with the patron.
(D) The escort bureau shall commence business from an open office within 30 days after issuance of the license. In the event an escort bureau licensee shall not commence business in an open office within 30 days after issuance of a license, or shall discontinue business or close the open office for a period of 30 days without specific approval of the Director, such license shall terminate and be revoked automatically without action by the Director.
(E) All persons operating as escort bureaus or services as defined herein on the effective date of this chapter shall make application or reapplication, in the case of those existing escort bureaus for the 2003 fiscal year (i.e. July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004), which have already submitted an application prior to the March 15th deadline for an escort bureau license, within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter in accordance with the terms of this chapter. Upon payment of the $200 investigative fee required by § 125.06, each such applicant shall be granted a 60-day temporary license pending a determination of each applicant's license application. Such temporary license may be extended once for a period of 30 days by the Director to obtain further information in his or her investigation.
(F) The public entrance of an open office of an escort bureau shall not be located within 500 feet of any building or structure containing a residential use, a public or private elementary, middle or secondary school, institution of higher education or business college, or any park-mall or park-like area of open space under the control of a governmental agency, or any building used for a place of religious worship, or any building used for a governmental function or public library. Such distance shall be measured along a straight line from the nearest property line of the property on which the building, structure or public park-like area is located to the public entrance of the open office of an escort bureau. This subsection (F) shall not preclude an open office from being used as a residence provided that the distance requirement set forth in this subsection (F) is adhered to.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 125.07) (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