(a) The Chief of Police may issue a permit within fourteen days following a hearing if all requirements for a massage establishment described in this chapter are met and may issue a permit to all persons who apply to perform massage services unless he finds:
(1) That the operation as proposed by the applicant if permitted would not have complied with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Building, Health, City Planning, Housing, Zoning and Fire Codes of the City.
(2) That the applicant and any other person who will be directly engaged in the management and operation of a massage establishment has been convicted of:
A. A felony;
B. An offense involving sexual misconduct with children;
C. Obscenity, keeping or residing in a house of ill fame, solicitation of a lewd or unlawful act, prostitution or pandering.
(b) The Chief of Police in his discretion may issue a permit to any person convicted of any of the crimes in subsection (a)(2) A., B. or C. hereof if he finds that such conviction occurred at least three years prior to the date of the application and the applicant has not had subsequent convictions.
(Ord. 1980-86. Passed 9-22-80.)