(a) The Village President shall act to approve or deny an application for a massage business license under this chapter within a reasonable period of time, and in no event shall the Village President act to approve or deny said fully completed license later than ninety days from the date that said application was accepted by the Village.
(b) The Building Commissioner shall cause the premises to be licensed to be inspected to assure that the proposed operation complies with all applicable laws, including the building, electrical, plumbing, health, housing, zoning, and fire codes of the Village, and any other regulations of the Village relating to the public health, safety and welfare. The Building Commissioner shall make written verification to the Village President concerning compliance with the codes and ordinances of the Village that they administer.
(c) Upon receipt of a properly completed application for a massage business license, the Village President shall submit the completed application to the Chief of Police for an investigation into the applicant's personal and criminal history.
(d) The Village President shall either issue a massage business license, or notify the applicant in writing that the application has been denied. The license shall be denied if the applicant fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter or with the requirements of any other provision of this Code which is applicable to the business. In addition, no license shall be issued to any applicant if:
(1) The proposed operation does not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, building, electrical, plumbing, health, housing, zoning and fire codes of the Village; or
(2) The applicant, if an individual; or any of the officers, directors, any person owning directly or beneficially more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation, if the applicant is a corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, if the applicant is a partnership; and the manager, assistant manager or any other person principally in charge of the operation of the business; has been:
A. Convicted of a felony under the laws of the State of Illinois or any other state, or under the Federal laws of the United States, within five years of the date of the application;
B. Convicted of a sex offense as defined in ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, §§ 11-5 to 11-22, or any equivalent law of any state, within five years of the date of the application; or
C. Convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter;
(3) The applicant has had a massage business, masseur or similar license denied, suspended or revoked by the Village, by a state or by a unit of local government within five years of the date of the application; or
(4) The applicant has knowingly made false, misleading or fraudulent statements of fact in the license application or in any document required by the Village in conjunction with the license application.
(e) In the event that the license is denied for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the Village President shall immediately notify the applicant in writing or by telephone conversation of the reasons for the proposed denial. If the failure is not cured within ten days after the date on which the Village President denies the issuance of said license, the denial shall become final.
(f) The Village President is authorized to make any rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter which are not inconsistent with or prohibited by this chapter.
(Ord. 1006. Passed 3-22-99; Ord. 1171. Passed 2-9-04.)