The city shall issue a license for a public bath, steam bath, health club, reducing salon or massage establishment or a permit for a masseur or masseuse, after ratification by the Board of Public Works and Safety, if all requirements for a massage establishment or massagist permit described in this chapter are met unless the Board finds:
(A) The correct permit or license fee has not been tendered to the city and, in the case of a check or bank draft, honored with payment on presentation;
(B) The operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the city’s building, zoning and health regulations;
(C) The applicant, if an individual, or any of the stockholders holding more than 10% of the stock of the corporation, any of the officers and directors, if the applicant is a corporation, or any of the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership, or the holder of any lien, of any nature, on the business or the equipment used therein and the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business, have been convicted of any of the following offenses or convicted of an offense without the state that would have constituted any of the following offenses if committed within the state:
(1) An offense that amounts to a felony or misdemeanor, except traffic violations; and
(2) The city may issue a license or permit to any person convicted of any crime described in division (C)(1) above if it finds that the conviction occurred at least five years prior to the date of the application.
(D) The applicant has knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of fact in the permit application or in any document required by the city in conjunction therewith;
(E) The applicant has had a massage business, massagist or other similar permit or license denied, revoked or suspended by the city or any other state or local agency within five years prior to the date of the application; and
(F) The applicant, if an individual, or any of the officers and directors, if the applicant is a corporation, or any of the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership, and the manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the business, is not over the age of 18 years.
(Prior Code, § 115.06) (Ord. 3267-1977, passed - -1977)