(A) Every original application for a massage establishment license shall be accompanied by a non-refundable processing fee of an amount to be set by the City Council from time to time per establishment. Applications for an outcall massage service, massage technician or massage apprentice, shall be accompanied by a non-refundable processing fee of an amount to be set by the City Council from time to time per person.
(B) Annual license fees set forth herein shall be due and payable by the licensee at the time the city license is issued; provided, however, that fees for the initial applications for massage establishments, outcall massage services, and massage technicians may be prorated quarterly. The following fees are subject to change at the discretion of the City Council from time to time:
(1) Massage establishment: $125;
(2) Outcall massage service: $75;
(3) Massage technician: $25; and
(4) Massage apprentice: $15.
(C) Each licensee, except a massage apprentice, shall reapply for a license annually and the license shall be renewed automatically, unless the Clerk determines that the licensee should be reexamined for health reasons or should be denied a license for a violation of the provisions of this chapter. Massage apprentice licenses are not renewable.
(D) (1) Licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year, except for massage apprentice licenses which shall expire one year from date of issuance.
(2) Applications for renewal of the license may be submitted along with the appropriate annual license fee as herein provided at any time prior to 30 days before the date of expiration.
(E) In the event that the licensee shall cease operation, either voluntarily or involuntarily, before the end of the period for which a license is issued, the annual license fee shall not be refundable.
(Prior Code, § 112.04) (Ord. 98-451, passed 11-17-1998)