Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate, or conduct a massage establishment shall file an application under oath with the Village of Orland Park upon a form provided by the Development Services Department and pay a nonrefundable application fee of $275.00 and a nonrefundable annual business license fee per Title 7 Chapter 2 (7-2-5) of the Village Code. The application, once accepted, shall also be referred to the Police Department for investigation of the applicant's character and qualification. The Police Department will perform the required criminal record check. Background investigations shall require the submission of fingerprints with the cost of the criminal record check ($100.00) and cost of fingerprint submissions ($50.00) to be borne by the applicant. Each application shall contain the following information:
(a) A definition of service to be provided.
(b) The location, mailing address and all telephone numbers where the business is to be conducted.
(c) The name and residence address of each applicant [hereinafter all provisions which refer to applicant include an applicant which may be a corporation, limited liability company or partnership].
(1) If applicant is a corporation or limited liability company, the names and residence addresses of each of the officers and directors of said corporation or company and of each stockholder owning more than ten percent (10%) of the stock of the corporation or company, and the address of the corporation or company itself, if different from the address of the massage establishment.
(2) If applicant is a partnership, the names and residence 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.
(d) The two (2) previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant.
(e) Proof that the applicant is a least eighteen (18) years of age.
(f) Individual or partnership applicant's height, weight, color of eyes, hair and sex.
(g) Copy of identification such as driver's license and social security card.
(h) One portrait photograph of the applicant at least two (2) inches by two (2) inches and a complete set of applicant's fingerprints shall be taken by the Chief of Police or his agent. If the applicant is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the Chief of Police shall have the right to require fingerprints of any and all officers, shareholders, directors, partners, members, managers or agents of the entity with the $50.00 fee for each to be paid by the applicant.
(i) Business, occupation, or employment of the applicant for the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application.
(j) The massage or similar business license history of the applicant; whether such person, in previously operating in this or another Village or State, has had a business license revoked or suspended, the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or revocation.
(k) All criminal convictions other than misdemeanor traffic violations, including the dates of convictions, nature of the crimes and place convicted.
(l) The name and address of each massage therapist who is or will be employed in said establishment, including a copy of their respective licenses as issued by the State Department of Professional Regulation.
(m) 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 Subsection (C) wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on.
(n) A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises or on adjoining premises owned or controlled by the applicant.
(o) Authorization of the Village, 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.
(p) Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified as required to be set forth in the application.
(q) The names, current addresses and written statements of at least three (3) bonafide permanent residents of the United States that the applicant is of good moral character. If the applicant is able, the statement must first be furnished from residents of the Village, then the County, then the State of Illinois and lastly from the rest of the United States. These references must be persons other than relatives and business associates.
Upon the completion of the above provided form and the furnishing of all foregoing information the Police Department shall accept the application for the necessary investigations. The holder of a massage establishment license shall notify the Development Services Department of each change in any of the data required to be furnished by this Section within ten (10) days after such change occurs.
(Amd. Ord. 5789, 3-6-23)