(A) Any person desiring a masseur’s permit shall file a written application with the Police Chief on a form to be furnished by the Police Chief.
(B) The applicant shall tender with the application the correct permit fee as hereinafter provided and shall, in addition, furnish the following:
(1) The business address and all telephone numbers where the massage is to be practiced;
(2) The following personal information concerning the applicant:
(a) Name, complete residence address and residence telephone numbers;
(b) The two previous addresses immediately prior to the present address of the applicant;
(c) Written proof of age;
(d) Height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and sex;
(e) Two frontface portrait photographs taken within 30 days of the date of application and at least two inches by two inches in size;
(f) The massage or similar business history and experience ten years prior to the date of application, including but not limited to whether or not the person in previously operating in this or another city or state under license or permit has had the license or permit denied, revoked, or suspended and the reason therefor, and the business activities or occupations subsequent to the action of denial, suspension, or revocation;
(g) All criminal arrests other than misdemeanor traffic violations, fully disclosing the jurisdiction in which arrested, and the offense for which arrested and the disposition thereof;
(h) A complete set of fingerprints taken and to be retained on file by the Police Chief or his or her authorized representatives; and
(i) A current valid health card issued by the Texarkana-Bowie County Family Health Center.
(3) Such other information, identification, and physical examination of the person deemed necessary by the Police Chief in order to discover the truth of the matters hereinbefore required to be set forth in the application;
(4) Authorization for the city, its agents and employees to seek information and conduct an investigation into the truth of the statements set forth in the application and the qualifications of the applicant for the permit; and
(5) Written declaration by the applicant, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information contained in the application is true and correct, the declaration being duly dated and signed in the city.
(Ord. 12-81, passed 9-14-1981)