(A) After submission of an application and application by the County Tax Collector and upon payment to the County Tax Collector of an examination fee of $500 for each masseur or masseuse in excess of three trained by the licensee on such premises, the county shall issue a license to the applicant.
(B) Each license shall be valid for the calender year in which issued, expiring on December 31 of the year of issued.
(C) Each license may be renewed from calendar to calendar year by submission of a renewal application to the County Tax Collector at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of the license. After approval of said application and upon payment to the County Tax Collector of a renewal examination fee in the same amount as prescribed for initial applications, the County Tax Collector shall issue to the applicant a renewal certificate which shall validate the applicant’s license for an additional calendar year.
(D) Approval of an application for issue or renewal of a license by the County Tax Collector shall be granted if he or she is satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant, the correctness of the information contained in his or her application and the good moral character if the applicant is a corporation. If the license is denied because he or she is not so satisfied, the applicant shall be notified of the denial and the reason therefor and, upon his or her request at the reasonable convenience of the Board of Commissioners, the applicant shall be granted an opportunity to appear before said Board and be heard in defense of his or her application. After such hearing, the Board may grant or deny the license.
(E) If the business to be licensed pursuant to this chapter is carried on at two or more separate places, a separate county license for each place or location of such business shall be required.
(F) The county license issued under this chapter shall be and constitute a personal privilege to conduct the profession or business named in the license and shall not be transferable to any other person and shall be construed to limit the person named in the licence conducting the profession or business and exercising the privilege named in the license to the location specified in the license provided, if the holder of a license under this chapter moves business for which a license has been obtained to another location, a new license may be issued to the licensee at a new location, for the balance of the license year, upon surrender of the original license for cancellation.
(G) Revocation of a license shall not be cause for a refund of any fee paid for issuance or renewal of a license.
(H) It shall be unlawful to willfully to make a false statement in an application for a license or request for renewal of license under the provisions of this chapter.
(I) Every license and renewal of license issued shall show on the face thereof the name of the licensee, the nature of the business, the location thereof, the time it was issued and payment of the privilege tax.
(J) Licenses shall be kept posted where business is carried on. No person shall engage in any business or trade for which the issuance of a license pursuant to this chapter is required without having such license posted conspicuously at the place where such business or trade is carried on.
(1993 Code, § 62.05) (Res. passed 7-7-1975) Penalty, see § 112.99