(A) The application for a license to operate a massage establishment shall set forth the exact nature of the massage to be administered, the proposed place of business and facilities therefor, the proposed number of employees or independent contractors, hours of operation, and other relevant matters to the operation of business.
(B) In addition to the foregoing, any applicant for a license, including any partner of a partnership applicant (including any limited partnership or limited liability partnership), any officer or director of a corporate applicant and any stockholder holding more than 5% of the stock of a corporate applicant, any manager or member of a limited liability company applicant, and any manager of any massage establishment proposed to be operated by a manager shall furnish the following information, all in such form as the Village Manager shall require or approve from time to time:
(1) Name and current, complete residential address, post office box numbers being unacceptable;
(2) If the applicant is not a natural person, a statement of the form of the ownership or organization of the applicant (i.e. partnership, limited liability company, corporation);
(3) Written proof that the individual is at least 18 years of age;
(4) All residential addresses for the past three years;
(5) Date of birth;
(6) Social Security number and a copy of the Social Security Card;
(7) Driver's license number and a copy of the driver's license;
(8) The business, occupation, or employment of the applicant for the three years immediately preceding the date of application;
(9) The massage establishment, certified massage therapist, or similar business or occupational license history of the applicant, including whether such person, in previously operating in this or another municipality or state under license, has had such license revoked or suspended, the reason therefor, and the business activity or occupation subsequent to such action of suspension or relocation;
(10) All criminal or village ordinance violation convictions, pleas of guilty or no contest, and forfeitures of bond, except minor traffic violations;
(11) The fingerprints and two 2" by 2" photographs of applicant showing a front view and a profile view of the applicant;
(12) A statement of the physical description of the applicant, including height, weight, gender, hair color, and eye color;
(13) If the applicant is a corporation, a copy of its Articles of Incorporation, and/or permission to do business in Illinois shall be attached;
(14) Evidence of an ownership, beneficial ownership or leasehold interest in the premises proposed for the massage establishment, and, if the premises are held in any land trust, a disclosure of the names and residential addresses of all persons holding any beneficial interest therein; and
(15) If the applicant is a limited liability company, a copy of the Articles of Organization shall be attached.
(C) The application for a license to operate a massage establishment shall further state the name(s) of the individuals who shall provide massage services to patrons of the massage establishment, all of whom shall be certified massage therapists, whether employees or independent contractors. The application shall be supplemented as additional certified massage therapists are employed or allowed to work on the premises. Said application shall be accompanied by a copy of the license issued to any such certified massage therapist;
(D) The applicant for a license shall also sign an affirmative statement in such form as may be prescribed from time to time by the Village Manager accepting full responsibility for any acts of any employee or independent contractor who is licensed as a certified massage therapist and who will be providing massage services at the massage establishment in question. Any violation of this chapter, other applicable village ordinances, state law or federal law, by the certified massage therapist on the premises of the massage establishment shall be grounds to revoke, suspend, or fine the massage establishment license holder, as well as the certified massage therapist. Lack of knowledge of the activities of the certified massage therapist by the massage establishment license holder shall not be a defense, with all massage establishment license holders being deemed to constructively possess such knowledge;
(E) The applicant for a massage establishment license shall also consent in writing, in such form as may be required or approved from time to time by the Village Manager, to the conduct of any and all necessary investigations or inspections of the applicant, the accuracy of the information provided by the applicant in connection with the applica- tion, and the premises from which the massage establishment is proposed to be operated.
(Ord. 97-01, passed 10-3-01) Penalty, see § 128.99