(A) Every applicant for a massage establishment license shall file an application under oath with the city upon a form provided by the Chief of Police and pay a non-refundable license fee, which shall be $100 for the first license year and $50 for each successive renewal license year. Copies of the application shall, within five days, be referred to the Zoning Department, the county’s Building Department, the county’s Board of Health, and the New Haven-Adams Township Fire Department. The departments shall, within 30 days after receipt of the application, inspect the premises proposed to be operated as a massage establishment, and shall make written verification to the Chief of Police concerning compliance with the codes of the city or county they administer. The Police Department shall further conduct an investigation of the applicant’s character and qualifications.
(B) Each application shall contain the following information:
(1) A definition of service to be provided;
(2) The location, mailing address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted;
(3) The name and address of each applicant (hereinafter all provisions which refer to applicant include an applicant which may be a corporation or partnership):
(a) If applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of each of the officers and directors of said corporation and each stockholder owning more than 20% of the stock of the corporation, and the address of the corporation itself, if different from the address of the massage establishment; and
(b) If applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of each of the partners including limited partners, and the address of the partnership itself, if different from the address of the massage establishment.
(4) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant;
(5) Proof that the applicant is at least 21 years of age;
(6) Individual or partnership applicant’s height, weight, color of eyes and hair, and sex;
(7) Copy of identification such as driver’s license;
(8) Two color portrait photographs of the applicant at least three inches by three inches. If the applicant is a corporation, two color portrait photographs at least three inches by three inches of all officers and managing agents of said corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, two color portrait photographs at least three inches by three inches in size of each partner, including a limited partner in said partnership. A clear photocopy of a government- issued photo ID may be substituted for the color portrait photographs required in this division (B)(8);
(9) Business, occupation or employment of the applicant for the three years immediately preceding the date of the application;
(10) The massage or similar business license history of the applicant; whether such person, in previously operating in this or another city or state has had a business license revoked or suspended in the last five years, the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or revocation;
(11) All criminal convictions of applicant for the last five years (or in the case of a partnership, each partner or, in the case of a corporation, its manager, officers, directors, and shareholders owning more than 20% of the stock of the corporation), other than misdemeanor traffic violations, but including all violations of this chapter, with the dates of convictions, nature of the crimes and place convicted;
(12) The name and address of any massage business or other establishment owned or operated by any person whose name is required to be given in division (B)(3) above wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on;
(13) A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises and a description of any other business to be operated on adjoining premises, owned or controlled by the applicant;
(14) A list of all employees of the establishment, including all massagists and any and all other employees, with the address, date of birth and two color portrait photographs at least three inches by three inches of each and every employee. A clear photocopy of a government-issued photo ID may be substituted for the color portrait photographs required in this division (B)(14); and
(15) Authorization for the city, its agents and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the permit.
(C) Upon the completion of the above provided form and furnishing of all foregoing information and fees, the Chief of Police shall accept the application for the necessary investigations. The holder of an establishment license shall notify the Chief of Police of each change in any of the data required to be furnished by this section within ten days after such change occurs.
(Prior Code, § 117.04) (Ord. G-95-10, passed 7-25-1995; Ord. G-09-17 passed 12-22-2009)