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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)
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)
Every person desiring a permit to maintain, operate or conduct an escort service shall file an application with the Chief of Police upon a form provided by said Chief of Police and pay a filing fee which shall not be refundable. Each such person shall pay an additional fee of $500 which shall be used by the Chief of Police to investigate said person's application as provided herein. Any unused portion of such additional fee shall be returned to the applicant at the conclusion of the hearing on his application.
(Amended by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81)
The application for a permit to operate an escort service shall set forth the proposed place of business and facilities therefor and the name and present address of each applicant.
In addition to the foregoing, any applicant for a permit shall furnish the following information or documents about the applicant if he is an individual, about each director and officer if it is a corporation, about each partner if it is a partnership, or about each member if it is some other organization as listed in Section 1074.1(c):
(a) The present address and the two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address;
(b) Written proof that each person is at least 18 years of age;
(c) Height, weight, color of eyes and hair;
(d) Three portrait photographs at least 2" × 2";
(e) Business occupation, or employment for the three years immediately preceding the date of application;
(f) A listing of all criminal convictions except minor traffic violations including date and place of each such conviction;
(g) If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation exactly as shown in its articles of incorporation together with the names and residence addresses of each stockholder holding more than 10 percent of the stock or beneficial ownership of the corporation. (If one or more of the partners of applicant is a corporation, these provisions apply to corporate applicant);
(h) Whether applicant or each person of whom the above information is required or any other person who will be directly engaged in the management or operation of the Escort Service has been previously granted permits or licenses to engage in a business or occupation by the State of California or by the City and County of San Francisco, or a license or permit issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, any of which permits or licenses has/have been revoked by the granting authority because of violation of law or violation of rules promulgated by the regulating agency. (The Chief of Police shall not take into account such revocation if such revocation occurred at least three years prior to the date of the application); and
(i) Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified as required to be set forth in the application.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny to the Chief of Police the right to take the fingerprints and additional photographs of the applicant, its officers, directors, or partners nor shall anything contained herein be construed to deny the right of said Chief of Police to confirm, by independent investigation, the truth and accuracy of the above information.
(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)
It shall be unlawful for any escort or other employee to work in or about an escort service in the City and County of San Francisco or to perform any services in the City and County of San Francisco for a customer of an escort service wherever located without first securing a permit from the Chief of Police.
(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)
Every person desiring an employee permit shall file an application with the Chief of Police on a form provided by the Chief of Police and pay a filing fee which shall not be refundable and shall pay a license fee annually. The license fee shall be paid annually on or before March 31, in accordance with the provisions of Section 76.1 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code.
Every person now working as an escort or employee shall file for a permit within 30 days of the effective date of this Article.
(Amended by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; Ord. 238-11, File No. 111101, App. 12/15/2011, Eff. 1/14/2012)
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