ARTICLE 15.6:
ESCORT SERVICES

Sec. 1074.1.	Definitions.
Sec. 1074.2.	Permit Required.
Sec. 1074.3.	Filing Fee.
Sec. 1074.4.	Application For Escort Service Permit.
Sec. 1074.5.	Employee Permit Required.
Sec. 1074.6.	Employee Permit.
Sec. 1074.7.	Application For Employee of an Escort Service.
Sec. 1074.8.	Verification of Application.
Sec. 1074.9.	Corporate Applicants; Exemption.
Sec. 1074.10.	Corporate Permittee; Maintenance of Stock Register; Report.
Sec. 1074.11.	Notice of Hearing.
Sec. 1074.12.	Issuance of Permit For an Escort Service.
Sec. 1074.13.	Applications Barred For One Year.
Sec. 1074.14.	Issuance of Employee Permits.
Sec. 1074.15.	Revocation or Suspension of Permit.
Sec. 1074.16.	Employment of Persons Under The Age of 18 Prohibited.
Sec. 1074.17.	Age of Customer.
Sec. 1074.18.	Sale or Transfer.
Sec. 1074.19.	Name and Place of Business – Change of Location.
Sec. 1074.20.	Inspection.
Sec. 1074.21.	Daily Register.
Sec. 1074.22.	Prohibited Activities.
Sec. 1074.23.	Counseling or Assisting.
Sec. 1074.24.	License Fees.
Sec. 1074.25.	Transfer or Assignment of Permit.
Sec. 1074.26.	Penalty; Misdemeanor or Infraction.
Sec. 1074.27.	Time Limit For Obtaining Permit.
Sec. 1074.28.	Rules and Regulations.
Sec. 1074.29.	Severability.

 

SEC. 1074.1. DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this Article, the following words and phrases shall mean and include:

   (a)   Escort Service. Any business, agency or person who, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit, furnishes or offers to furnish names of persons, or who introduces, furnishes or arranges for persons, who may accompany other persons to or about social affairs, entertainments or places of amusement, or who may consort with others about any place of public resort or within any private quarters. Excluded from this definition are any businesses, agencies or persons which provide escort services for older persons as defined in California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 9406, when such services are provided as part of a social welfare and health program for such older persons.

   (b)   Escort. Any person who, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit, accompanies other persons to or about social affairs, entertainments or places of amusement or consorts with others about any place of public resort or within any private quarters. Excluded from this definition are any persons employed by any business, agency or person excluded from the definition of "escort service" above.

   (c)   Person. An individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, excepting the United States of America, the State of California, and any political subdivision thereof.

   (d)   Operator. Any person operating an escort service, including but not limited to the owner or proprietor of the premises upon which it is located, and the lessee, sublessee, or mortgagee in possession.

   (e)   Employee. Any and all persons who work in or about or render any services whatsoever to the patrons or customers of an Escort Service and who receive compensation for such service.

(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)

SEC. 1074.2. PERMIT REQUIRED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct or carry on, or to permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on in the City and County of San Francisco, the operation of an escort service as herein defined, without first having obtained a permit from the Police Department.

(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)