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No person may apply for a permit under this chapter within one year from denial of a permit to such applicant or within one year from the revocation of a permit issued to such permittee, unless the cause of the denial or revocation has been, to the satisfaction of the chief of police or council, removed within such time.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
Upon the sale or transfer of any interest in a massage establishment or any entity owning such massage establishment, the permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be null and void unless the sale or transaction is to an applicant shown on the application for the permit pursuant to which the establishment was operated. A new application under this chapter shall be made by any person, firm, or entity desiring to own or operate such massage establishment.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
A. All persons who possess an outstanding permit heretofore issued by the city to operate a massage establishment must apply for a permit and shall be issued a license or permit within ninety days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter if they qualify under the provisions of this chapter, and in any event any permits issued under this chapter prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be null and void upon the passage of ninety days from the effective date hereof.
B. As to any existing and properly licensed massage establishments as of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and pending the application and the issuance of or denial of a permit under this chapter as above specified, the provisions of Sections 5.16.010, 5.16.020, 5.16.030, 5.16.040, 5.16.050, 5.16.060, 5.16.070, 5.16.080, 5.16.090, 5.16.100, 5.16.130, 5.16.140, 5.16.150, 5.16.160, 5.16.170, 5.16.190, 5.16.200 and 5.16.210 shall apply to such existing establishments licensed under the terms of this chapter prior to the amendments effected by this chapter.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
A. Every person, except those persons who are specifically exempted by particular provisions in this chapter, whether acting as an individual, owner, employee of the owner, operator, or employee of the operator, or whether acting as an attendant for the owner, employee, or operator, or whether acting as a participant or worker in any way, who does or practices any of the other things or acts mentioned in this chapter for which a permit is required without first obtaining a valid permit from the city is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with Section 1.16.010.
B. Any owner, operator, manager, or permittee in charge of or in control of a massage establishment who knowingly employs a person who performs or offers to perform a massage as defined in this chapter who is not in possession of a permit under Chapter 5.17 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with Section 1.16.010; and the massage establishment permit issued under this chapter shall be revoked.
C. Any massage establishment operated, conducted, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be and the same is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney may, in addition to or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence an action or proceeding for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof, in the manner provided by law; and he shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such massage establishment and restrain and enjoin any person from operating, conducting, or maintaining a massage establishment contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
D. Any failure or refusal of the owner, operator, manager, or permittee under this chapter to allow premises inspections or to make immediately available for inspection the records and documents specified by this chapter upon demand by the chief of police or his designated representative during the operating hours of an establishment shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter and shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the massage establishment permit pursuant to which the establishment is operated.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))
If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or section of this chapter is for any reason invalid, such invalidity shall not impair the validity of any other part of this chapter, and the council declares that it would have enacted all of this chapter without any such invalid part thereof.
(Ord. 81-6-872 § 1 (part))