The Municipality shall issue a massage business license or a massagist permit, as provided for in this chapter, after ratification by Council, if all requirements for the license or permit set forth in this chapter are met, unless it finds that:
(a) The correct permit or license fee has not been tendered to the Municipality or in the case of a check or bank draft, honored with payment upon presentation.
(b) The operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the building, zoning and health regulations of the Municipality.
(c) The applicant (if an individual), any of the stockholders holding more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation or any of the officers and directors (if the applicant is a corporation), any of the partners, including limited partners (if the applicant is a partnership), the holder of any lien, of any nature, upon the business and/or the equipment used therein or the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business, has been convicted of any of the following offenses or convicted of an offense outside the State that would have constituted any of the following offenses if committed in the State:
(1) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another that amounts to a felony;
(2) An offense involving sexual misconduct; or
(3) An offense involving narcotics, controlled substances or dangerous weapons that amounts to a felony.
The Municipality may issue a license or permit to a person convicted of any of the crimes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(3) hereof if it finds that such conviction occurred at least ten years prior to the date of the application and the applicant has had no subsequent felony convictions of any nature and no subsequent misdemeanor convictions for any such crime.
(d) The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of fact in the permit application or in a document required by the Municipality in conjunction therewith.
(e) The applicant has had a massage business license, massagist permit or other similar permit or license denied, revoked or suspended by the Municipality or any other State or local agency within five years prior to the date of the application.
(f) The applicant (if an individual), any of the officers or directors (if the applicant is a corporation), any of the partners, including limited partners (if the applicant is a partnership) or the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business, is not older than eighteen years of age.
(Ord. 83-29. Passed 7-18-83.)