(A) Application for a massagist’s business permit shall be made to the Board of Public Works and Safety in the same manner a provided in § 114.017 accompanied by the annual non-refundable, massagist’s permit fee of $75 per year or part thereof. Massagists who have already paid the permit fee for the current period shall not be required to pay an additional fee hereunder.
(B) The application shall contain, but not be limited to the following:
(1) The business address and all telephone numbers where the massage is to be practiced;
(2) 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;
(3) Social Security number, driver’s license number, if any, and date of birth;
(4) Applicant’s weight, height, color of hair and eyes and sex;
(5) Written evidence that the applicant is at least 18 years of age;
(6) A complete statement of all convictions of the applicant for any felony or misdemeanor or violation of a local ordinance, except misdemeanor traffic violations;
(7) Fingerprints of the applicant taken by the Police Department;
(8) Two front-face portrait photographs taken within 30 days of the date of application and at least two inches by two inches in size;
(9) 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 the applicant has completed not less than 70 hours of instruction. For persons presently employed as a masseur or masseuse in the city, this section shall not apply until 1-1-1978. Present employment shall be established by sworn affidavit from the employer after which time the person must be actively engaged, enrolled or participating in a course of study designed to fulfill the requirements of this section and which is certified to be an official of the approved school. The burden of establishing active engagement, enrollment or participation shall be on the person seeking a permit herein. For persons not so employed, this section shall be effective on passage. In no event shall any person, within the purview of this chapter, act as aforesaid without satisfying the training requirement set forth within the city after 1-1-1978;
(10) The massage or similar business history and experience prior to the date of application, including, but not limited to, whether or not the person was previously operating in this or another city or state under license or permit, has had a license or permit denied, revoked or suspended and the reasons therefor, and the business activities or occupations subsequent to the action of denial, suspension or revocation;
(11) The names, current addresses and written statements of at least three bona fide permanent residents other than relatives, 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 last from the rest of the United States;
(12) A medical certificate signed by a physician, licensed to practice in the state, 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 section shall be provided at the applicant’s expense;
(13) Any other information, identification and physical examination of the person deemed necessary by the Police Chief in order to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore required to be set forth in the application;
(14) 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; and
(15) Written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information contained in the application is true and correct, with the declaration being duly dated and signed in the city.
(Prior Code, § 115.05) (Ord. 3267-1977, passed - -1977)