Any individual whose permit is denied or revoked may not apply for a permit to operate a fortunetelling establishment or practice fortunetelling in the city for a period of one year from the date of such revocation.
A. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any individual solely by reason that he/she is engaged in the business of entertaining the public by demonstrations of mind-reading, mental telepathy, thought conveyance, or the giving of horoscopic readings, at public places and in the presence of and within the hearing of other individuals and at which no questions are answered, as part of such entertainment, except in a manner to permit all individuals present at such public place to hear such answers.
B. No individual shall be required to pay any fee or take out any permit for conducting or participating in any religious ceremony or service when such individual holds a certificate of ordination as a minister, missionary, hereinafter collectively referred to as a minister, medium, healer, or clairvoyant, hereinafter collectively referred to as a medium, healer, or clairvoyant, from any bona fide church or religious association maintaining a church and holding regular services and having a creed or set of religious principles that is recognized by all churches of like faith; provided that:
1. Except as provided in subsection (B)(3) of this section, the fees, gratuities, emolument and profits thereof shall be regularly accounted for and paid solely to or for the benefit of the bona fide church or religious association, as defined in this section.
2. The minister holding a certificate of ordination from such bona fide church or religious association, as defined in this section, shall file with the Director of Finance a certified copy of the minister's certificate of ordination with the minister's name, age, street address, and phone number in this city where the activity set forth in this section is to be conducted.
3. Such bona fide church or religious association, as defined in this section, may pay to its ministers a salary or compensation based upon a percentage basis, pursuant to an agreement between the church and the minister which is embodied in a resolution and transcribed in the minutes of such church or religious association. (Ord. 9517 § 1 (part), 1995: prior code § 6669)