(a) Any applicant for a license/permit pursuant to these provisions shall personally appear at the Division of Police to submit the application containing the information required by § 832.04. The Division of Police shall have a reasonable time in which to investigate the application and the background of the applicant. Based on such investigation, the Division of Police shall recommend to the Police Chief or their designee approval or denial of the license/permit.
(b) The Police Chief may deny any application for a license/permit for any of the following reasons:
(1) Falsification of any of the information required for the application or failure to fully complete the application;
(2) Failure to cooperate with health or safety inspections as required by applicable City of Middletown codes, or as required by any provision of this Chapter;
(3) Any person named on the application is under the age of 18 if applying for massage practitioner license or under the age of 21 if applying for a massage establishment permit;
(4) The applicant has been convicted of or plead guilty to fraud in conducting the business of massage practitioner or massage establishment, or of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license/permit to conduct such business;
(5) The applicant has been convicted or plead guilty within the last ten years in a court of competent jurisdiction to a violation of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2907, or violation of any municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any offense contained in Ohio R.C. 2907, or any offense involving moral turpitude, whichever is applicable;
(6) The applicant has been convicted or plead guilty to any offense involving the use of force or violence upon another person;
(7) The applicant has been convicted or plead guilty to any offense involving theft;
(8) The applicant has been convicted of or plead guilty to false, fraudulent, misleading or deceptive advertising;
(9) The applicant is or has engaged in the business of a massage establishment or as a massage practitioner under a false or assumed name, or is impersonating another practitioner of a like or different name; or
(10) The licensee/permit holder has violated any provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. O2021-36, passed 5-4-2021)