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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)
The employee of an escort service filing for a permit shall furnish the following information:
(a) Name;
(b) Residence address;
(c) Escort service in which the employee is currently working;
(d) Two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the employee;
(e) Weight, height, color of eye and hair;
(f) Written proof that employee is at least 18 years of age;
(g) Three portrait photographs of at least 2" × 2";
(h) Previous employment of the employee for three years immediately preceding the date of application;
(i) All criminal convictions except minor traffic violations including date and place of each such conviction;
(j) Such other identification and information necessary to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore specified; and
(k) Whether employee has been previously granted permits or licenses to engage in a business or occupation by the State of California or the City and County of San Francisco, any of which permits or licenses has/have been revoked by the granting authority.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny the Chief of Police the right to take the fingerprints and additional photographs of the applicant, 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)
The provisions Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of the Section 1074.4 relating to requirements for corporate applicants shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) A corporation, the stock of which is listed on a stock exchange in the State of California or the City of New York, State of New York;
(2) A bank, trust company, financial institution or title company to which application is made or to whom a license is issued in a fiduciary capacity; and
(3) A corporation which is required by law to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)
A. Any corporation holding a permit under this Article shall maintain a stock register at the principal office of the corporation in San Francisco and the stock register shall be available to the Police Department for inspection. Such corporation shall report to the department in writing any of the following:
(1) Issuance or transfer of any shares of stock or beneficial ownership thereof to any person where the issuance or transfer results in the person owning 10 percent or more of the stock or beneficial ownership of the corporation.
(2) Changes of any of the corporate officers required to be reported by Section 821 of the California Corporations Code.
(3) Changes of the members of its Board of Directors. The report shall be filed with the Police Department within 30 days after the issuance or transfer of corporate stock or beneficial ownership thereof, changes of corporate officers, or changes of members of the Board of Directors.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) A corporation, the stock of which is listed on a stock exchange in the State of California or in the City of New York, State of New York;
(2) A bank, trust company, financial institution or title company to which a permit is issued in a fiduciary capacity; or
(3) A corporation which is required by law to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)
When an application is filed for a permit under this Article, the Chief of Police shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon within 60 days from the date of application. Not less than 10 days before the date of such hearing, the Chief of Police shall cause to be posted a notice of such hearing in a conspicuous place on the property in which or on which the proposed escort service is to be operated. Such posting of notice shall be carried out by the Chief of Police or his designee, and the applicant shall maintain said notice as posted until the date of the hearing.
(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81)
The Chief of Police shall issue an escort service permit within 14 days following the hearing if all requirements for an escort service described in this Article are met unless he finds:
(1) That the premises where the escort service business will be conducted does not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Building, City Planning, Housing and Fire Codes of the City and County of San Francisco, and the rules and regulations adopted by the Chief of Police pursuant to this Article;
(2) That the applicant or an officer, director or partner thereof and any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of an escort service has been convicted of an offense within or without the State of California that would have constituted any of the following offenses if committed within the State of California:
(a) An offense involving conduct which requires registration pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code;
(b) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another:
(c) An offense involving sexual misconduct with children; or
(d) An offense as defined in Sections 311, 647(a), 647a, 647(b), 315, 316, 318, or 266 through 267 inclusive of the Penal Code of the State of California; or
(3) That the applicant, an officer, director or partner thereof or any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of the escort service has had a permit or license to engage in a business or occupation granted by the State of California or the City and County of San Francisco or a license or permit issued by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission revoked by the granting authority.
The Chief of Police shall issue a permit to any person convicted of any of the crimes described in Subsections (2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(c), or (2)(d) of this Section or subjected to a license or permit revocation as described in Subsection (3) of this Section if he finds that the termination of any disability resulting from such conviction or revocation occurred at least three years prior to the date of the application and the applicant, its officers, directors and partners have had no subsequent felony convictions of any nature, no subsequent misdemeanor convictions for crimes mentioned in this Section and no permit or license revocations as mentioned in Subsection (3) of this Section.
(Added by Ord. 323-81, App. 6/19/81; amended by Ord. 217-87, App. 6/19/87)
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