An application for a massagist's permit shall be made to the Department of Public Safety in the same manner as provided in Section 749.04 for a massage establishment license and shall be accompanied by an annual nonrefundable fee as set forth in Section 185.04(c) of the Parma Codified Ordinances per year or part thereof. Massagists who have already paid the permit fee for the current six-month period shall not be required to pay an additional fee hereunder. The application shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) The business address and all telephone numbers where the massage is to be practiced;
(b) The name and residence address, and all names, nicknames and aliases by which the applicant has been known, including the two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant;
(c) The applicant's Social Security number, driver's license number, if any, and date of birth;
(d) The applicant's weight, height, color of hair and eyes and sex;
(e) Written evidence that the applicant is at least eighteen years of age;
(f) A complete statement of all convictions of the applicant for any felony, misdemeanor or violation of a local ordinance, except misdemeanor traffic violations;
(g) The fingerprints of the applicant taken by the Police Department;
(h) Two front-face portrait photographs taken within thirty days of the date of the application, at least two inches by two inches in size;
(i) The name and address of the recognized school attended, the dates attended and a copy of the diploma or certificate of graduation awarded the applicant showing that the applicant has completed not less than seventy hours of instruction. For any person presently employed as a masseur or masseuse in the City, this section shall not apply until December 31, 1988. Present employment shall be established by sworn affidavit from the employer. After such time, such person must be actively engaged, enrolled or participating in a course of study designed to fulfill the requirements of this section, and such participation shall be certified to by an official of the approved school. The burden of establishing such active engagement, enrollment or participation shall be upon the person seeking a permit herein. For persons not so employed, this section shall be effective upon its passage (Ordinance 164-88, passed May 16, 1988). Permits issued to persons presently employed shall be revoked on December 31, 1988, unless such persons are pursuing the study required by this section by that date. In no event shall any person within the purview of this section act as aforesaid without satisfying the training requirement set forth within the City after December 31, 1988.
(j) The massage or similar business history and experience for ten years prior to the date of the application, including, but not limited to, whether or not such person in previously operating in the City or in another city or state under a license or permit has had such license or permit denied, revoked or suspended, the reasons therefor and the business activities or occupations subsequent to such action of denial, suspension or revocation;
(k) The names, current addresses and written statements of at least five bona fide permanent residents of the United States, other than relatives, that the applicant is of good moral character. If the applicant is able, the statement must first be furnished from residents of the City, then the County, then the State and lastly from the rest of the United States;
(l) A medical certificate signed by a physician, licensed to practice in the City, within seven days of the date of the application. The certificate shall state that the applicant was examined by the certifying physician and that the applicant is free of communicable disease. The additional information required by this subsection shall be provided at the applicant's expense.
(m) Such other information, identification and physical examination of the person deemed necessary by the Director of Public Safety in order to discover the truth of the matters herein required to be set forth in the application;
(n) 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; and
(o) A written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information contained in the application is true and correct. Such declaration shall be duly dated and signed in the City.
(Ord. 164-88. Passed 5-16-88; Ord. 262-08. Passed 10-6-08.)