(A) Every applicant for a license to be a licensee, or to maintain, operate or conduct a massage establishment, shall file an application under oath with the city on a form provided by the City Controller and pay a non-refundable annual license fee of $100 per year or any part thereof. Licensees who have already paid the license fee for the current period shall not be required to pay an additional fee hereunder.
(B) The application, once accepted, shall be referred to the Board of Public Works and Safety for investigation. Copies of the application shall within five days also be referred to the Department of Buildings, the Fire Department and the Health Department. The Departments shall within 30 days inspect the premises proposed to be operated as a massage establishment and shall make written verification to the Board of Public Works and Safety concerning compliance with the codes of the city that they administer. The application shall also be referred to the Police Department for investigation of the applicant’s character and qualifications.
(C) 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 residence 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 residence addresses of each of the officers and directors of the corporation and of each stockholder owning more than 10% 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 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.
(4) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant;
(5) Proof that the applicant is at least 18 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 and Social Security card;
(8) One portrait photograph of the applicant at least two inches by two inches and a complete set of applicant’s fingerprints which shall be taken by the Police Chief or his or her agent. If the applicant is a corporation, one portrait photograph at least two inches by two inches of all officers and managing agents of the corporation and a complete set of the officers’ and agents’ fingerprints which shall be taken by the Police Chief or his or her agent. If the applicant is a partnership, one front-face portrait photograph at least two inches by two inches in size of each partner, including a limited partner in the partnership, and a complete set of each partner or limited partner’s fingerprints which shall be taken by the Police Chief or his or her agents;
(9) Business, occupation or employment of the applicant for the three years immediately preceding the date of application;
(10) The massage or similar business license history of the applicant, whether the person in previously operating in this or another city 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;
(11) All criminal convictions other than misdemeanor traffic violations, including the dates of convictions, nature of the crimes and place convicted;
(12) The name and address of each massagist who is or will be employed in the establishment;
(13) A diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school or other institution of learning wherein the method, profession and work of massage is taught; provided that, if the applicant will not himself or herself engage in the practice of massage defined herein, he or she need not possess the diploma or certificate of graduation from a recognized school or other institution of learning wherein the method, profession and work of massage is taught;
(14) 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 (C)(3) above wherein the business or profession of massage is carried on;
(15) A description of any other business to be operated on the same premises or on adjoining premises owned or controlled by the applicant;
(16) Authorization for the city, its agents and employee to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualification of the applicant for the permit;
(17) Any other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters required to be set forth in the application; and
(18) The names, current addresses and written statement of at least three bona fide 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 city, then the county, then the state and lastly from the rest of the United States. These references must be persons other than relatives and business associates.
(D) On the completion of the form and the furnishing of all foregoing information, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall accept the application for the necessary investigations. The holder of the license shall notify the Board of Public Works and Safety of each change in any of the dates required to be furnished by this section within ten days after the change occurs.
(Prior Code, § 115.04) (Ord. 3267-1977, passed - -1977)