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No escort license or escort bureau license shall be issued or renewed if the applicant:
(1) Has been convicted within the previous five (5) years of a felony or of any offense involving moral turpitude, or of any offense involving prostitution or any of the related offenses enumerated in A.R.S. section 13-1401 et seq.; rape, indecent exposure, child molesting, lewd and lascivious acts as enumerated in this Code or defined in the Arizona Revised Statutes, or of any offense involving the unlawful carrying, possession, or use of a dangerous weapon, or of any offense involving the unlawful possession, sale, or use of dangerous or narcotic drugs;
(2) Is not eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(3) Knowingly made any false statement in his application;
(4) While not licensed under the provisions of this article, committed, aided or abetted the commission of any act for which a license is required by this article;
(5) While licensed under this article, has had such license revoked within the previous five (5) years.
(Ord. No. 4782, § 1, 4-3-78)
(a) A licensee shall conduct business only at the address shown on the license. Each additional place of business shall require a separate license.
(b) All licenses issued under this article shall be nontransferable as to licensee; however, the director of finance, upon receipt of a transfer fee of ten dollars ($10.00), shall authorize the transfer of a license from one location to another provided the licensee remains the same.
(c) No license shall in any manner advertise its services as licensed or bonded by the city.
(Ord. No. 4782, § 1, 4:3-78)
(a) Every person licensed as an escort under this article shall maintain a legible written record of every transaction whereby the licensee acted as an escort. The record shall show the date and hours of each transaction and the name, address and telephone number of the person or persons for whom the licensee acted as escort.
(b) Every escort bureau licensee shall maintain:
(1) A current list of all escorts employed by the licensee, showing the name and current address of each.
(2) A legible written record of every transaction whereby any introduction service or escort is furnished to, or arranged for on behalf of, any person, patron or customer. The records shall show the date and hour of each transaction, the name, address and telephone number of the person requesting or arranging for introduction service or escort, and the name of every escort furnished, or other person about whom information is furnished, by the licensee.
(c) The records required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be kept available and open for inspection by the police department at any time or by the director of finance or his authorized representative at any time.
(d) Every escort bureau licensee shall report in writing to the police department the name of any escort employed by the licensee whose employment by the licensee has terminated, within twenty-four (24) hours after such termination.
(Ord. No. 4782, § 1, 4-3-78)
The director of finance shall have the authority to revoke a license issued under this article when:
(1) The licensee is operating in violation of this article or of any other ordinance or regulation relating to or regulating the licensee's business, and has failed or refused to cease and desist from such violation within five (5) days after notice to do so from the director of finance.
(2) The licensee or its managing agent has been convicted, since the license was issued, of any of the offenses described in section 7-121(1) of this article.
(3) The licensee or its managing agent has knowingly made false or misleading statements of material fact in the application for the license required by this article, or has entered or given false information in any record or report required by this article to be kept or made by a licensee.
(Ord. No. 4782, § 1, 4-3-78)
(a) Before revoking a license, the director of finance shall given written notice to the licensee, in the manner provided in this article, that a revocation hearing will be held at a place and time specified in the notice, which hearing shall not be sooner than ten (10) days from the date of the notice. The notice shall state the grounds relied upon for the proposed revocation. The director of finance shall hold the hearing at the time and place specified, unless agreed otherwise by the licensee and other parties concerned, and the licensee shall be allowed to appear in person and by counsel and offer evidence. A record shall be a kept of all proceedings, including proofs offered and a transcript of testimony. No license shall be revoked unless grounds therefor are satisfactorily established by the evidence as shown by the record of the hearing. The director of finance shall give the licensee and other parties written notice of his decision, and such decision shall be final. Revocation of a license shall be effected by the finance director's signing of the written notice of his decision. A licensee's right to do business under authority of the license shall terminate immediately upon the mailing to the licensee of a copy of the director's signed decision revoking the license.
(b) Notices required by this article may be served by certified mail addressed to the licensee at the address of the licensee as shown on the business license or by personal service.
(Ord. No. 4782, § 1, 4-3-78)
Wherever in this article any act is prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of any such provision of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Revocation of a license shall not be a defense against prosecution.
(Ord. No. 4782, § 1, 4-3-78)
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