(A) Every person desiring to obtain a permit, or renew an existing permit, to conduct or engage in the business of fortune-telling, shall make application to the Director of Police Services upon a form issued by the Department of Police Services. The application shall be verified or sworn under penalty of perjury by the applicant. A nonrefundable application fee in an amount as set by City Council resolution shall be due once the application is considered complete by the Director of Police Services.
(B) Neither the filing of an application for a permit or renewal thereof, nor payment of an application for renewal fee, shall authorize the conducting of fortune-telling until such permit has been granted or renewed.
(C) Each applicant for a permit as provided herein, or renewal thereof, shall furnish, at minimum, the following information:
(1) The present or proposed address where the business is to be conducted;
(2) The full true name under which the business will be conducted;
(3) The full name of the applicant, including aliases, nicknames, and any other names used;
(4) The present residence and business addresses and telephone numbers of the applicant;
(5) Each residence and business address of the applicant for the five-year period immediately preceding the date of filing of the application and the inclusive dates of each such address;
(6) The driver's license or identification number and Social Security number of the applicant;
(7) The fingerprints of the applicant on a form provided by the Police Department;
(8) The names and present residence addresses of at least five bona fide residents of the state who will attest that the applicant is of good moral character;
(9) The applicant's height, weight, color of eyes and hair, and date of birth;
(10) Two photographs of the applicant, at least two by two inches in size, taken within the six-month period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(11) The business, occupation, or employ-ment history of the applicant for the three-year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application;
(12) The permit history of the applicant for the period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant, in previously operating in this or any other city, county, state or territory, has ever had any similar license to conduct fortune-telling; and if said permit issued by an authorized agency has been revoked or suspended, or has had any professional or vocational license or permit revoked or suspended;
(13) All criminal convictions suffered by the applicant, including ordinance violations but excepting minor traffic offenses (any traffic offenses designated as a felony shall not be construed as a minor offense), stating the date, place, nature, and sentence of each such conviction;
(14) A detailed description of the services to be provided;
(15) Proposed hours of operation;
(16) Such other identification and/or information as the Director of Police Services may require in order to discover the truth of the matters required to be set forth in the application.
(D) When any change occurs regarding the written information required by division (C) of this section to be included in the application, the applicant or permit holder, as the case may be, shall give written notification of such change to the Director of Police Services within five business days after such change.
('64 Code, § 15C-3) (Ord. 699, passed 7-24-86; Am. Ord. 750, passed 6-22-89; Am. Ord. 852, passed 7-13-95; Am. Ord. 875, passed 6-12-97)